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| − | |Unit=Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment. Served Normandy and North West Europe. Killed in action at Ede, Netherlands, 17/4/1945. | + | |Unit=Conscripted into the General Staff Corps. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Royal Artillery. Initial postings not yet known - probably to a Training Regiment. Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment. Served Normandy and North West Europe. Killed in action at Ede, Netherlands, 17/4/1945. |
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|Wounded=Not so far as is known, other than the injuries which caused his death. | |Wounded=Not so far as is known, other than the injuries which caused his death. | ||
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known. | |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known. | ||
| − | |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 17/4/1945. | + | |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 17/4/1945. Initially interred at Arnhem (isolated) Holland Ginkel Farm 40 yards East of the road running from Arnhem to Ede. Re-buried on 17/8/1945 in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Plot 7.A.6. Headstone inscription reads "MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN MAKES COUNTLESS THOUSANDS MOURN". |
| − | |Home address= | + | |Home address=Son of William Gordon Mackie and Joan Mackie of Ayr. |
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Many of the Royal Artillery personnel pages have benefited from information drawn from the 1939-1945 RA Tracer Cards made available via Ancestry.co.uk | Many of the Royal Artillery personnel pages have benefited from information drawn from the 1939-1945 RA Tracer Cards made available via Ancestry.co.uk | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 17 October 2023
Personnel Entry
Name Mackie Norman Rochester.
Army number 14419140.
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Not yet ascertained. Born Ayr.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Conscripted into the General Staff Corps. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Royal Artillery. Initial postings not yet known - probably to a Training Regiment. Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment. Served Normandy and North West Europe. Killed in action at Ede, Netherlands, 17/4/1945.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known, other than the injuries which caused his death.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 17/4/1945. Initially interred at Arnhem (isolated) Holland Ginkel Farm 40 yards East of the road running from Arnhem to Ede. Re-buried on 17/8/1945 in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Plot 7.A.6. Headstone inscription reads "MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN MAKES COUNTLESS THOUSANDS MOURN".
Home address Son of William Gordon Mackie and Joan Mackie of Ayr.
Source table
Many of the Royal Artillery personnel pages have benefited from information drawn from the 1939-1945 RA Tracer Cards made available via Ancestry.co.uk
