Roderick Alexander Mackenzie, 3 Plantation Road, Stornoway

Private RODERICK ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 3 Plantation Road, Stornoway
Son of Donald Mackenzie, police pensioner of Laxay.
Service unit: 2nd Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 701
Enlisted at Strichen, Isle of Skye
Date of death: 29 October 1914 at the age of 22
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) panel 38,
Had 4 years' service and came to France from Egypt

Roderick is found on the 1901 census as an 8 year old at Broadford, Isle of Skye. He was born at Waternish, Isle of Skye. He is the son of Donald (a police constable, aged 48, born in Lochs, Lewis) and Mary (40, born at Tarbert, Harris). Roderick is one of eight children at Broadford: Donald (18), Maggie (14), Mary Ann (12), John (10), Kenneth (6), James (4) and Chirstina (11 months).

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