Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom | 051 KENNETH MACKENZIE

51 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1917

201967. CORPORAL KENNETH MACKENZIE,

4th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders

Aged 22

Employed at the Caledonian Hotel, Ullapool. Son of Mr. Simon Mackenzie,

4th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders.

Enlisted in the 4th Seaforths	1916
Killed in action near the Roeux Chemical Works near Arras on the morning of	23rd April, 1917.

Had one brother serving -

Corpl. William Mackenzie, M.M., Cr. de G., 8th General Rifles.

“From these honoured dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, and we here resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain”

– Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 1863. .

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Grave: Bay 8

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Ullapool, Middle Panel, 10th from the top.

additional information

Official Records state that he was a Private, not a Corporal and that he was killed on the 24th of April 1917 and not the 23rd as stated above.

Family information

His connection with the Parish today is not known.

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