RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM | 1914 - 1918



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40 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

 

1916

 

6474. PTE. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE,

5th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders.

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Aged 35

 

Gardener at Paisley. Only son of Widow Isabella Mackenzie, Badluachrach, Dundonnell.

 

Enlisted in 5th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders 8th Dec. 1915.
Proceeded to France 31st Oct. 1915.
Killed in action 16th Dec. 1916.

 

“Imichidh iad o neart gu neart.”

– Salm 1xxxiv. 7.

 

 

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

 

Cemetery / Memorial: Ovillers Military Cemetery, France

Grave: I. B. 8.

 

Location and Map (CWGC)

 

Local Memorial: Dundonnell

 

additional information

Official records give his age as 32 and not 35 as stated above.

 

The translation of the Epitaph is the following: “They go from strength to strength”. (Psalm 84, verse 7)

 

Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.

Only son of Murdo and Isabella McKenzie, of Gorstan, Ullapool, Garve, Ross-shire; husband of Annie Milton McKenzie, of 15, Crosbie Rd., Troon, Ayrshire.

 



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