Allan Mackenzie, 14 Brue

Private ALLAN MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 14 Brue,
Son of John and Elizabeth MacKenzie, of 14, Brue, Barvas, Lewis.
Service unit: 7th Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3/5632
Enlisted at Inverness
Date of death: 8 May 1916 at the age of 18
Killed in action
Interred: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, IV. J. 8

Allan appears in the 1901 census, aged 3, at 14 Brue, the son of John (40) and Elizabeth (42) and brother of Donald (15), Mary (13), Margaret (11), John (10), Peter (9) and Margaret (5).


His brother Donald John was a POW in Germany, serving in the RNR; his brother Peter served in the Seaforth Highlanders and was discharged due to ill health.

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