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218556 Cpl. Angus Mackay British Army 1/5th Btn.(Queens Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) from:Lairg, Sutherland. (d.5th May 1917) Angus Mackay served with the 1st/5th Battalion (Queens Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) and then with the 88th Brigade Machine Gun Corp during WW1. He died on the 5th May 1917, aged 21. He is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery in Germany. The cemetery was begun by the Germans in 1915 for the burial of prisoners of war who died at the local camp. He was the son of Alexander and Isabella Mackay, of Scullomie, Tongue, Lairg, Sutherland. This soldiers diary is published in the book Somewhere in Blood Soaked France by Alasdair Sutherland. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**