Major JOHN MACKENZIE
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.
Date of Death
Died 17 May 1915
Age 44 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal
- Additional Info Native of Contin, Ross-shire.
- Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DIE IN THE LORD
- Additional Citation note
An extract taken from the London Gazette dated 15th Jan., 1901 records the following: "On the 6th June, 1900, at Dompoassi, in Ashanti, Sergeant Mackenzie, after working two Maxim guns under a hot fire, and being wounded while doing so, volunteered to clear the stockades of the enemy which he did in the most gallant manner, leading the charge himself and driving the enemy headlong into the bush."
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