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Spr. Cyril D. Mackenzie
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Birmingham
Although Sapper Cyril D. Mackenzie's service record was unavailable through the ancestry.com and findmypast search engines, I was able to learn the following via his Medal Index Card and Medal Rolls. Theatre of War first served in was France. Date of entry therein 6th of October 1915. To Class Z 25th of April 1919. No info was available regarding which R.E. unit he was assigned to. Per a search of civil records, it is likely that Cyril was born 3 Nov. 1895, in London, England to Frederick J. and Mary J. Mackenzie. No later than 1901, he and his family moved to Birmingham. Per the 1911 England and Wales Census, the 15-year-old Cyril was employed as a Telegraph Messenger, General Post Office. His father was a Town Postman. According to the Oct-Nov-Dec England and Wales Civil Marriage Registration Index, Cyril D. Mackenzie married Ida Rene Baigent in Cornwall County. She was born to William and Ann Baigent in Southsea, Hampshire, England in either 8 Feb. 1896 or in 1897 (records vary). As cited in the 1939 Register, The Mackenzie Household of 2 People was located at 57 Park Hill Road, Birmingham, C.B., Warwickshire, England. This consisted of Cyril D. Mackenzie, DOB 3 Nov. 1895, age 44, a Sorting Clerk & Telegraphist and his wife was listed as Rene Ida Mackenzie, 8 Feb. 1896, age 44, Unpaid Domestic Duties. According the Dec. 1977 England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index, Cyril Douglas Mackenzie, DOB 3 Nov. 1895, passed at age 82 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Per the Mar. 1969 England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index, his wife, Ida R. Mackenzie, born abt 1897, passed at age 72, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. There were no records noted that indicated that this couple had children.
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