Lieutenant Duncan Mackinnon

Campaign:

World War 1


Died:

9.10.1917

1SG
Mackinnon was killed in action on 9 October 1917, aged 30, after reaching his objective – Louvois Farm near the Houthulst Forest and Langemarck, north-east of Ypres.
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 10
Son of Duncan Mackinnon, of Ballinahill, Leix; He was educated at Rugby School and Magdelen College Oxford where he rowed and won a Blue.
His brother William Mackinnon, a Captain in the London Scottish was also killed in WW1

  • Lieutenant Duncan MacKinnon (HU 117628) Lieutenant Duncan MacKinnon. Unit: Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry, attached to the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 9 October 1917, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205385011

Memorial(s):

Country Location Name of Memorial Campaign Names Date(s)
Scotland Kilcalmonell Parish Church Off A83 Clachan PA29 6XL Clachan Free Church Roll of Honour WW1 World War 1
 Duncan Mackinnon 9-10-1917 View
Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, CV22 5EH Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, CV22 5EH Rugby School Memorial Chapel World War 1
World War 2
 Duncan Mackinnon 9-10-1917 View
Scotland Kilcalmonell Parish Church Off A83 Clachan PA29 6XL Clachan Kilcalmonell War Memorial World War 1
 Duncan Mackinnon 9-10-1917 View
Scotland Clachan, Tarbert Clachan Memorial to Lt Duncan MacKinnon World War 1
 Duncan Mackinnon 9-10-1917 View
England In the Corridor outside the Chapel between the Great Quad and the Cloisters. Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU Magdalen College Oxford WW1 Tablets World War 1
 Duncan Mackinnon 9-10-1917 View

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