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alan mcleod
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Miltary
He enrolled in fort garry horse in 1913 at the ageof 14.He was four years underage but the officer looked the other way.
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Service
He attempted to join military service from the age of 14 until he was accepted at 18. - excact date not known -
Lieutenant
Alan mcleod was ranked to lieutenant because of his great work during word war 1.-excact date not known -
War
On 27 March 1918 over Albert, France, Second lieutenant McLeod, with his observer Lt. Arthur Hammond, in an Armstrong Whitworth destroyed an enemy triplane and were immediately attacked by eight more, three of which they brought down, but the petrol tank of the bomber was hit. The machine burst into flames and both pilot and observer were badly wounded. McLeod, by side slipping steeply, tried to keep the flames away from his observer, -
restriction
He could not go to the front with his unit because he was still under 19. -
victoria cross
alan mcleod was the youngest person ever to win the victoria cross. He won this because of courage and when he saved his lituent -
death
Alan mcleod died on november 6 1918. The cause of his death was a dieses called influeza. -
concluding to his death
the Winnipeg free press reported the armistice in europe on the same day it covered alan’s funeral. Sadly when alan died he was homeless.-excact date not known.
