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Lieutenant Hugh Mcdonald McKenzie

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Citation(s);

Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
Victoria Cross (VC) United Kingdom

Military service

Service number: 1158
Age: 31
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division: 7th
Birth: December 5, 1885 Inverness, Scotland
Enlistment: August 21, 1914 Ottawa, Ontario
Death: October 30, 1917

Burial/memorial information

MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL
Grave reference: Panel 32
Additional information

Son of Mrs. Jane McDonald McKenzie, of Dundee, Scotland. Husband of M. McKenzie of Verdun, Quebec.

Additional citations

An extract from The London Gazette," No. 30523, dated February 12, 1918, records the following:

For most conspicuous bravery and leading when in charge of a section of four machine guns accompanying the infantry in an attack. Seeing that all the officers and most of the non-commissioned officers of an infantry company had become casualties, and that the men were hesitating before a nest of enemy machine guns, which were on commanding ground and causing them severe casualties, he handed over command of his guns to an N.C.O., rallied the infantry, organised an attack, and captured the strong point. Finding that the position was swept by machine-gun fire from a ' pill-box ' which dominated all the ground over which the troops were advancing, Lt. McKenzie made a reconnaissance and detailed flanking and frontal attacking parties which captured the 'pill-box', he himself being killed while leading the frontal attack. By his valour and leadership this gallant officer ensured the capture of these strong points and so saved the lives of many men and enabled the objectives to be attained.

Related media

First World War (1914 – 1918)

Battle of Passchendaele

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 284 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)

Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.

Hugh Mcdonald McKenzie

Learning resources

Lesson Plan: Ages 12 - 18

Remembering the Battle of Passchendaele

Lesson Plan: Ages 12 - 18

Remembrance Dog Tags - Fallen Canadians in the Battle of Passchendaele

 

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