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Cpl. Angus Mackay

British Army 1st/5th Btn. (Queens Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots (Lothian) Regiment

from:Lairg, Sutherland.

(d.5th May 1917)

Angus Mackay died as a POW on 5th May 1917, aged 21. Buried in the Niederzwehren Cemetery in Germany, he was the son of Alexander and Isabella Mackay, of Scullomie, Tongue, Lairg, Sutherland.

This soldier’s diary is published in the book Somewhere in Blood Soaked France by Alasdair Sutherland. Six Mackay brothers fought in WW1. The family came from Scullomie, Scotland. George Mackay was awarded a DCM for valour. Sadly his brothers Angus (21 years), Donald (32 years) and Magnus Mackay (18 years) all died in WW1. Angus Mackay fought at Gallipoli, Ypres Salient and Le Somme. Out of the 5th Royal Scots Battalion of 800 fighting at Gallipoli, 100 survived. Angus was mortally wounded at Battle of Arras. Lest We Forget.



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