Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom | 060 MURDO MACKENZIE

60 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1917

PTE. MURDO MACKENZIE,

Cameron Highlanders.

Aged unknown

Son of Mr. Alexander Mackenzie, 132 Polglass, Achiltibuie.

Killed in action about

Nov. 1917

Had two brother serving -

“On Fame’s eternal camping-ground

Their silent tents are spread,

And glory guards with solemn arms

The bivouac of the dead.“

- O'Hara, 1847.

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, France.

Grave: Panel 132 to 135 and 162A.

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Not commemorated locally.

additional information

No official record found. There is a Pte. Murdo Mackenzie who served with the Seaforths and not the Camerons who was killed on the 4th of October 1917. He was the only one with this name killed in the last quarter of 1917.

Family information

His connection with the Parish today is not known.