22589: Norman Maciver
Norman, born in 1897, was a son of Norman and Mary Maciver from 4 Breaclete. He went to Glasgow aged 18 to study wireless telegraphy and obtained a first class certificate and during WW 1 he served with the Mercantile Marine as a wireless operator. Norman drowned when S.S. Ben Lomond was torpedoed off the Irish Coast in 1918.
Another source says that he was lost on SS Tunbridge ( Morrison Shipping Co., Newcastle on Tyne), when the cargo ship was sunk by U-boat off Daunts Rock on 7th July 1918.
Details
- Record Type:
- Person
- Also Known As:
- Tormod Thormoid Bhig
- Date Of Birth:
- 25 Dec 1897
- Date of Death:
- 7 Jul 1918
- Gender:
- Male
- Brothers Keeper Reference:
- CEBL 1764
- Occupation:
- Wireless operator
- Record Maintained by:
- CEBL
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Bernera school pupils c1928
George Macleod and Norman Maciver, Breaclete