Calman MacLennan

Bank: National Bank of Scotland

Place of work: Fort William branch

Died: 6 October 1943

Calman MacLennan was born on 9 July 1905, the son of Alexander and Mary Campbell MacLennan. In May 1920 he followed in his father's footsteps by going to work for National Bank of Scotland, initially as apprentice at Oban branch, where his father was the agent.

He completed his apprenticeship in 1923 and became a clerk, staying on at Oban until 1927, when he moved to Edinburgh Canonmills branch as teller. Later that year he moved to the larger Edinburgh West End branch. He was subsequently appointed agent of Fort William branch. 

During the Second World War MacLennan left the bank to go on military service, and by 1943 he was a Captain in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. He died in North Africa on 6 October 1943, of wounds sustained in action in Sicily. He was 38 years old and left a widow, Mary Helen, and two children, aged five and three.

Calman MacLennan is commemorated on a bank war memorial at Gogarburn campus, Edinburgh.