Private WILLIAM MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 66 Kenneth Street, Stornoway
Son of Norman and Annie Mackenzie, of 66, Kenneth St., Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: 1st / 6th Manchester Regiment, Trench Mortars
Service number: 251809
Enlisted at Manchester
Date of death: 11 December 1917 at the age of 23
Killed in action in France
Interred: Post Office Rifles Cemetery, Festubert
Mentioned on family gravestone in Sandwick Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, middle panel
His brother Malcolm served with the Seaforth Highlanders
His brother Kenneth J. served with the 7th Cameron Highlanders
There is a William Mackenzie with the above family connections in Stornoway in the 1901 census, but resident at 13 Newton Street.
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