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

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