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In Memory of
MacLEOD, ALAN DUNCAN
Captain 99772
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
5th Bn
who dead age 33
on 1st August 1943

Remembered with honour
CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

Son of Duncan and Ishbel McNeill MacLeod; husband of Joan Norah MacLeod, of Symington, Ayrshire.

{Sferro Hills}
'B' Company, led by Captain Nixon, assaulted Point 194 and stayed all night fighting it out. Just after dawn, in tattered, stained uniforms, with wounds and streaks of blood on their faces, they came down into the plain and the artillery gave the hill another pounding. Captain A.M. Macleod of Skeabost, Skye, was found dead on the ridge; near him lay Lieutenant Henry on top of a German under officer. Dead and wounded of both sides littered the area.
From "Sicily" - Hugh Pond, chapter seven: the Battle of Gerbini and the Sferro Hills

Italian Translation
{Area di Sferro}
La Compagnia 'B', guidata dal capitano Nixon, attaccò Quota 194, dove combattè per tutta la notte. Ma appena dopo l'alba, con le uniformi lacere e sporche, feriti, col viso insanguinato, gli uomini dovettero retrocedere fino alla pianura e chiedere all'artiglieria che tornasse a bombardare il colle.
Il capitano Macleod, di Skeabost, nell'isola di Skye, fu rinvenuto morto in cima al colle; vicino a lui giaceva il tenente Henry, sopra il cadavere di un ufficiale tedesco.
Tutto il settore era disseminato di morti e di feriti tedeschi e inglesi.
Da "Sicilia!" di Hugh Pond, capitolo settimo La battaglia di Gerbini e delle colline di Sferro.



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Name: Macleod, Alan Duncan, A D
Rank: Captain
Service: 99772
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Regiment: Queen's Own Cameron Highlander
Date of Death: 01/08/1943
Age: 33
Grave Reference: IV. G. 6.
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