Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom

58 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1917

S/16380. PRIVATE ANGUS MACKAY,

13th Bn. A. & S. Highlanders.

Aged 35

He left a widow and four sons. Mrs. Angus Mackay, lately living at Leckmelm.

Before the War he was employed as a Tailor, and his employer wrote of him as “a most loyal and conscientious worker“.

Served for 10 years in the R.N.R.	-
Joined the A. & S. Highlanders	Nov. 1915.
Served in France and afterwards in Salonika from	June. 1916.
Died of Malaria in the 48th General Hospital, Salonika	8th Aug. 1917.

Had one brother serving the R.N.R.

“So they gave their bodies – and received, each for his own memory, praise that will never die; and with it, the grandest of all sepulchres, not that in which their mortal bones are laid, but a home in the minds of men where their glory remains fresh to stir to speech or action as the occasion comes by.“

- Pericles.

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Salonika (Lembert Road) Military Cemetery, Greece.

Grave: 1126

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Not commemorated locally.

additional information

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Family information

His connection with the Parish today is not known.