In Memory Of

MacLENNAN, ANGUS

Service Details
Age:
 54
Rank:
 Master
Unit:
 S.S. Aloe
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1943-05-16
Cause of Death:
 On 5 Apr, the unescorted ALOE [Master Angus Maclennan] was torpedoed and sunk by U-182, 420 miles southeast of Durban. The master was taken prisoner by U-182 and died when the U-boat was lost on 16 May.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Addenda Panel.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Angus had married a Miss MacKenzie in South Africa in his 50s but unfortunately, she died in childbirth along with her baby daughter. His family had come from the island of Fladda, off Raasay, and he was a native speaker of Scottish Gaelic. His father, Norman MacLennan, was also a merchant seaman and spent a considerable part of his life as a yachtsman for the families who owned Raasay House. Angus apparently began his seafaring career working with his father."