Private JAMES MACKENZIE
Service Number: 8185
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Scots Guards
2nd Bn.
Date of Death
Died 19 December 1914
Age 27 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross
- Additional Info Son of Mrs. Marion Mackenzie, of 22, Terregles St., Maxwelltown, Dumfries.
- Additional Citation note
An extract from "The London Gazette," dated 16th Feb., 1915, records the following:-"For conspicuous bravery at Rouges Bancs on the 19th Dec., in rescuing a severely wounded man from in front of the German trenches, under a very heavy fire and after a stretcher-bearer party had been compelled to abandon the attempt. Private Mackenzie was subsequently killed on that day whilst in the performance of a similar act of gallant conduct."
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