Lieutenant Kenneth Mackinnon

Army Number : n/a

Battalion : 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born at Duirinish, Invernesshire, Scotland. Son of Roderick and Margaret Mackinnon, of Husabost, Dunvegan, Skye. He joined the 2/8th Battalion as Second Lieutenant, 6th August 1915. He was killed in action, 7th April 1917, aged 25, during the attack at Le Verguier, north-west of Saint Quentin, France.

Buried/Commemorated : Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 31.

Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, France.
Lieutenant Kenneth Mackinnon
Photograph of headstone kindly supplied
by Barry Sisson.

Lieutenant Kenneth Mackinnon is also commemorated on the following local memorials:
Glendale War Memorial, Isle Of Skye, Scotland.