Mackie Norman Rochester Gunner 14419140
Personnel Entry
Name Mackie Norman Rochester.
Army number 14419140.
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Born Ayr 2/2/1925. Mother's maiden surname Cathcart.
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 Probably gun crew - confirmation needed.
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 (1885 - 1966) and Joan Mackie (nee Cathcart) (1889 - 1926) 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 However, the Tracer Cards of casualties seem to have been removed from the collection so posting details for Gummer Mackie are not available.
