229844 James Mackenzie British Army Seaforth Highlanders from:Kyle of Lochalsh James had been a shop manager and fish buyer in Kyle, was married and had three children, Hamish, Eileen and Alistair. Prior to the outbreak of war he had been prominent in the territorial group in the Lochalsh area. Taken prisoner at St Valery he spent most of the war in Silesia, before marching south with his fellow prisoners as the Russians advanced from the east to Bavaria.
At the end of the war he returned to Kyle going on to own the Marine Stores in the village. He was well known in the area and was involved in the British Legion, as well as many other organisations. Regrettably on his death in 1980s, his diary and other effects relating to his war experiences went astray.
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