Strathearn Herald 6th October 1917

MUTHILL SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION

The sad intelligence of the death of Gunner Wm. McLeod, RFA, which took place on 26th September, was received in Muthill yesterday. A chaplain writing to the deceased’s mother says that he was killed at night with other members of his battery in a dug-out by the explosion of an enemy shell. He is buried behind the firing-line and a cross marks his last resting place. A letter has also been received by Gunner McLeod’s mother from an officer of his Battery, expressing the sympathy of the Battery, and referring to his good soldierly qualities. Gunner McLeod was 30 years of age and previous to enlisting was employed on the woods staff of the Drummond Castle Estate.

Alexander Black