Date of Paper: 05.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Kenneth
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: Royal Hotel, Ullapool.
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten notes: "Missing. Liberated 15th June, 1945."
Date of Paper: 05.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Kenneth C.
Rank: Private
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: Strathcanaird, Lochbroom
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten note: "Missing"
Date of Paper: 05.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Kenneth J.
Rank: Private
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: 13 Ladysmith Street, Ullapool
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten note: "Missing"
Date of Paper: 02.08.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): M. H.
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Seaforths
Home Address: 4 Strath, Gairloch
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
L./Cpl. M. H. Mackenzie, The Seaforths, previously reported missing, is now reported to have been wounded at St Valery, and a prisoner of war. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Mackenzie, 4 Strath, Gairloch, and previous to joining up was a motor driver at Loch Awe.
Date of Paper: 12.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Murdo
Rank: Chief Stewart
Regiment: Royal Navy
Home Address: 6 Porthenderson, Gairloch
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Murdo Mackenzie (42), was third son of Mr Donald Mackenzie, 6 Porthenderson, Gairloch. He was chief stewart on HMS Grieve, which was sunk by enemy action off Dunkirk. His home was in Southampton, where his wife and infant son live. He has four brothers serving, two in the Fleet and two in merchant ships.
Date of Paper: 05.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Murdo
Rank: Private
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: Crofton, Ullapool
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten notes: "Missing. Prisoner of War 13th Sept., 1940. Liberated 11th May, 1945."
Date of Paper: 20.11.1942
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Murdo Hector
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameron Highlanders
Home Address: Upper Slumbay, Lochcarron
EXTRACT FROM RJ: KILLED IN ACTION
Pte. Murdo Hector Mackenzie, Cameron Highlanders, killed in action on 24th October, 1942, in the Middle East, is a son of Mr and Mrs John Mackenzie, Upper Slumbay, Lochcarron. He was called up in January this year at the age of 19 years.
Date of Paper: 19.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): N. C.
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: Invergordon
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Corpl. N. C. Mackenzie, The Seaforths, missing, is a native of Invergordon, and was employed with Messrs A. N. Macaulay & Coy., solicitors, Golspie, when the war broke out.
Date of Paper: 04.02.1944
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Neil
Rank: Private
Regiment: London Scottish
Home Address: Dochnaclear, Brae, Dingwall
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Pte. Neil Mackenzie, London Scottish, missing, is the youngest son of Mrs Mackenzie, Dochnaclear, Brae, Dingwall. He is a carpenter to trade.
Handwritten notes: "... and was employed by Mr Donald Cameron, Dingwall. 31st March, 1944, reported prisoner of war and lies wounded in a German Hospital. Repatriated Feb. 1945."
Date of Paper: 05.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Norman
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: Ivy Cottage, Saltburn, Invergordon
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten notes: "Missing. Employment - Factor's Clerk. Prisoner of War 27th September, 1940."
Date of Paper: 16.06.1944
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): P. E.
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Home Address: Fingal Road, Dingwall
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Mr John Mackenzie, HM Barrack Warden, and Mrs Mackenzie, Fingal Road, Dingwall, have received a letter from their son, Gnr. P. E. Mackenzie, R.A., that he has been wounded by shrapnel in the arm and evacuated to this country. He states that his condition is not serious, and has high praise for the warmness of the welcome he and his comrades received from the people of this country all the way from their port of landing. "Even grannies and kids, waving Union Jacks, lined the route, while the treatment meted out to us by the Americans we came in contact with could not be bettered. They really 'did us proud!'"
Gnr. Mackenzie, barely out of his teens, was on the staff of the Dingwall Post Office before enlisting, and a valued N.C.O. of Dingwall Home Guard, in which his father was for a time R.Q.M.S. He is a grandson of the late Mr Dan Maclean, slater contractor, and the late Nurse Maclean, Dingwall.
Date of Paper: 03.03.1943 and 23.04.1944
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Robert David Walter
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Home Address: Clarkville, Dingwall
EXTRACT FROM RJ: MISSING
Information was received from the Air Ministry yesterday that Flying Officer Robert David Walter Mackenzie, RAF VR, is reported missing in North Africa as a result of war operations on 2nd March, 1943, but believed to be a prisoner of war. Flying Officer Mackenzie is a son of Mr James Mackenzie, saddler, and Mrs Mackenzie, Clarkville, Dingwall. Prior to volunteering in the RAF, he was on the reporting staff of the Ross-shire Journal.
[23.04.1944] Flying Officer Robert David Walter Mackenzie, RAF, reported missing on 2nd March, 1943, in North Africa, is now known to be prisoner of war in Italian hands. The information came in a personal letter from himself to his parents, Mr and Mrs James Mackenzie, Clarkville, Dingwall, and was apparently written from an hospital in Italy. He states that he is "recovering and getting his appetite back". The letter is dated 14th March, but he refers to a previous letter. This, however, has not come to hand yet. Flying Officer Mackenzie, on 2nd March, went on an operational flight, in which there were two machines. When over enemy territory, Mackenzie signalled to the accompanying maching that he had been "hit". Subsequently Mackenzie's plane crashed into thick undergrowth. The other plane circled round for a time but saw no movement. Flying Officer Mackenzie was on the reporting staff of the Ross-shire Journal before enlisting.
Handwritten notes: "5th November, 1943 - arrived in Cairo [part obliterated]. Brother - James [part obliterated]. 20th July, 1945 - killed."
Date of Paper: 05.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Roderick
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: Achiltibuie
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten notes: "Missing. Liberated 11.05.1945."
Date of Paper: 28.07.1944
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Roderick
Rank: Private
Regiment: Not stated
Home Address: Polglass, Achiltibuie
EXTRACT FROM RJ: WOUNDED
Pte. Roderick Mackenzie, wounded, is a son of Mr Duncan Mackenzie, Polglass, Achiltibuie.
Date of Paper: 06.09.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Roderick
Rank: Private
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: Knocknafannich, Easter Kinkell, Conon
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten note: "Prisoner of war."
Date of Paper: 02.08.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Roderick
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: Burnside, Dingwall, ex-Blairninich, Strathpeffer
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Sergt. Roderick Mackenzie, The Seaforths, missing, is a son of Mr and Mrs John Mackenzie, Blairninich, Strathpeffer. His wife and family of one boy and one girl reside at Burnside, Dingwall. A Territorial of long standing, Sergt. Mackenzie was head clerk with Mr Robert Munro, late Town Chamberlain, Dingwall, and continued in the post when Major W. S. Dewar, Town Clerk, succeeded as Chamberlain duties.
Handwritten notes: "Prisoner of war 30th August, 1940. Repatriated February 1945."
Date of Paper: 30.01.1942
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): Roderick
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Home Address: Locarno, Lochcarron
EXTRACT FROM RJ: SERGT. RODDY MACKENZIE, LOCHCARRON
Official information has been received of the death of Sergt. Roderick Mackenzie, RAF, who was lost when his flying boat crashed. Deceased was the only son of the late Mr John Mackenzie, carpenter contractor, and of Mrs Flora Mackenzie, Locarno, Lochcarron. Before joining up, Sergt. Mackenzie was in the family business of John Mackenzie & Co.
A popular young man, Sergt. Mackenzie will be greatly missed in Lochcarron. To his young wife and child, as to his mother and family, deep sympathy is extended.
The Mackenzie family of two daughters and a son all attended Dingwall Academy and at one time were resident in the town together. The eldest daughter is the wife of Mr Alexander Macdonald, banker, son of the late Mr Wm. Macdonald, carpenter contractor, and of Mrs Macdonald, Vulcan Cottage, St James Street, Dingwall, while the other daughter is the wife of Mr Ian Macgillivray, at one time bursary clerk with Ross Education Committee, and now in Edinburgh. Sgt. Mackenzie visited Mr and Mrs Macgillivray at Christmas.
Date of Paper: 27.11.1942
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): T.
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Signalling Corps
Home Address: Wester Blackwells, Dingwall
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Sgt. T. Mackenzie, Signalling Corps, wounded in the Middle East, is a son of Mr and Mrs A. Mackenzie, Wester Blackwells, Dingwall, and was previously employed as a shepherd with Mr P. W. MacCallum, of Lemlair.
Date of Paper: 05.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): William
Rank: Private
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: Achiltibuie
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten note: "Missing. Liberated 11th May, 1945."
Date of Paper: 06.09.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): William and (brother) John
Rank: Private
Regiment: Seaforths
Home Address 41 Lonemore, Gairloch
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Ptes. William and John Mackenzie, The Seaforths, prisoners of war, are sons of Mr and Mrs D. Mackenzie, 41 Lonemore, Gairloch. Both are motor drivers.
Date of Paper: 05.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): William
Rank: Private
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Home Address: Kindeace, Invergordon
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten notes: "Missing. Employment - Farm Servant. Prisoner of war 9th August, 1940."
Date of Paper: 30.01.1942
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): William ("Squeaker")
Rank: Leading Aircraftsman
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Home Address: Lochinver, ex-Poyntzfield
EXTRACT FROM RJ: L.A.C. WM. MACKENZIE, DINGWALL
L.A.C. William Mackenzie, RAF, who died at Aberdeen on 22nd January, 1942, was well known throughout the Eastern seaboard of Ross-shire. He was serving with his unit when he took ill and was taken to the Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, where he was operated upon successfully. Later he had a relapse and passed away as stated.
Deceased, who was 32 years of age, was the only son of Mrs Mackenzie, Poyntzfield, and the late Mr Mackenzie, well known in the Invergordon and Tain districts.
An outstanding footballer, he gained a wide reputation as a centre forward or outside left. Playing with Citadel, Inverness, he was one of the team which first brought the Scottish Qualifying Cup north, an achievement then, as the whole of Scotland was included in the competition. From Citadel, he went to Ross County and to them was a valuable asset. A keen athlete, he competed in many of the Highland Gatherings in the North with marked success in the sprints, but was probably quicker with a ball at his foot, his breakneck thrusts through an opposing defence being a feature of his play, and thrilling espisodes to the crowd.
Prior to the war the was employed at Lochinver, where he resided with his wife, a daughter of the late Mr Hector Mackay, and of Mrs Mackay, Scotsburn, Station Road, Dingwall. Much sympathy is extended to his mother and young widow and her young boy and infant girl.
Interment took place at Mitchell Hill, Dingwall, when there was a large turnout of people, which included many of his football friends and associates, among whom were the last President of Ross County Football Club, Mr Stewart MacCulloch, and Members of Committee.
Date of Paper: 23.10.1942
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): William
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Home Address: Corry, Muir of Ord
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten note: "Son of Mr George Cameron. Prisoner of war."
Date of Paper: 05.07.1940
Surname: Mackenzie
Forename(s): William
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: The Gordons
Home Address: Braemore, Ullapool
EXTRACT FROM RJ:
Handwritten note: "Missing."
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