46 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM
1917
S/40464 PTE. KENNETH MACRAE,
7th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders.
Aged 22
Occupation. - A Gardener. Son of Mr. Kenneth MacRae, Shoemaker, Argyle Street, Ullapool.
Enlisted in the 2nd Seaforths |
20th Mar. 1916. |
Transferred in France to the 7th Bn. |
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Killed at Blagny, near Arras |
9th April 1917. |
Had one brother serving -
- Alexander MacRae, 6th Seaforths.
Extract from letter written by his Coy. Commander:- “As a soldier, he was a splendid man, one whose place will not be easily filled. He was a very popular man in the Company, and his loss will be felt keenly by us all.”
“Death slew not him, but he made death his ladder to the skies.”
- Spenser
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