RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM | 1914 - 1918



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55 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

 

1917

 

1372. SERGT. MURDO MACKENZIE,

4th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders

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Aged 24

 

Profession, - A School Teacher.

Son of Mr. Donald Mackenzie, Ardmair, Ullapool.

 

Joined the 4th Seaforths 1911.
Mobilized 4th Aug. 1914.
Proceeded to France 5th Nov. 1914.
Wounded at Neuve Chapelle March 1915.
Returned to France May 1915.
Died of Pneumonia in the Old Trafford Hospital, Manchester 22nd July 1917.

 

“So we still shall see you,

Be it peace or war, Still in all adventures

You shall go before;

And all our children dreaming S

hall see your bayonets gleaming,

Scotland’s warriors streaming

Forward evermore,”

– Lt. Alan Mackintosh, M.C.

 

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

 

Cemetery / Memorial: Ullapool Old Churchyard, Mill Street, Ullapool, UK.

Grave: 16

  

Location and Map (CWGC)

 

Local Memorial: Ullapool, Middle Panel, 7th from the top.

  

additional information

Official records state his service number as being 200081 and not 1372 as stated above.

  

Family information

His connection with the Parish today is not known.

  



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