RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM | 1914 - 1918



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50 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

 

1917

 

S/11007. PTE. SIMON MACKENZIE,

2nd Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders.

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Aged 28

 

Son of Mr. John Mackenzie, Badluachrach, Lochbroom.

 

Joined the Seaforths Sept. 1915.
Proceeded to France March, 1916.
Transferred to 2nd Bn. -
Killed in action at Arras 11th April, 1917.

 

“When the moon shines into my room, I can picture just how quietly it shines above the little wooden crosses. The piteous trenches will crumble gradually away, but that wide and starry sky, that majesty of silent peace will still be there.”

– L. Buckle.

 

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

 

Cemetery / Memorial: Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France.

Grave: I. D. 31.

 

Location and Map (CWGC)

 

Local Memorial: Dundonnell.

 

additional information

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Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.

 

 

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