MACKENZIE, Thomas
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
2982952
Born:
Tuesday, August 31, 1920
Birthplace:
Greenock, Scotland
Died :
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Private Thomas MacKenzie died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Son of Hector and Jean Anderson Mackenzie, of Greenock. Thomas served with No.3 Commando from its formation at Plymouth until his death in Sicily during Operation Husky. Operations involving the whole of No.3 Commando in that period included Claymore (Lofoten islands), Archery (Vaagso), and Jubilee (Dieppe). Thomas was serving in 5 Troop in December 1941.
Service timeline
18.04.1939 - enlisted Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders T.A.
07.07.1940 - joins No.3 Commando during its formation at Plymouth.
10.11.1940 - No.4 Special Service Battalion (Special Service re-organisation).
05.03.1941 - No.3 Commando (Special Service re-organisation).
14.07.1943 - No.3 Commando, killed in action Sicily.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
Official Service Record from Thomas Mackenzie (nephew); (date of birth shows age at death as 22).
[Image] Cropped from the No.3 Commando 5 Troop Dec. 1941 image in Gallery.
Notes
On CWGC main record surname is Mackenzie; wheras it is McKenzie on the CWGC grave registration report (finals), on the headstone of his grave , and on the Casualty Lists above. The CWGC acknowledges the past confusion and confirm in a reply that as his mother filled out their Verification form as MacKenzie, that is what it they will record. The headstone will be amended accordingly.
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Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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