Atholl Maclean, Stornoway

Stornoway Gazette, 20 November 1942
Many people will learn with regret that Lieut. Atholl Macleod, RA, has died of wounds in the Middle East, at the age of 22. Lieut Maclean was the elder son of Mr and Mrs HH Maclean, Myora, Maggie Wood's Loan, Falkirk. Mr Maclean is head postmaster at Falkirk and was previously head postmaster at Oban and at Stornoway. Although Atholl was only a youngster when his family left Stornoway, he was well-known in the town. His well-built frame; his open smiling face; his frank and maly bearing, marked him out among the others passing to and fro from the school as a lad of strong and attractive personality. He won a place in the School 1st XI, at an unusually early age, and, although a mere stripling, matched against mature players, he held his own by his skill and dash. That is how many in Stornoway will remember Atholl Maclean; and they can well believe that he acquitted himself with the same courage,skill and enthusiasm in the sterner field where he met his death.