page_title: James MacKenzie (VC)
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: James MacKenzie (VC) / References
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Ploegsteert Memorial op het Berks Cemetery Extension; monument voor meer dan 11.000 gesneuvelde Britse soldaten met geen gekend graf.Français&#160;: Ploegsteert Memorial sur le Berks Cemetery Extension; mémorial britannique pour plus de 11.000 soldat qui ne purent recevoir de sépulture. Ploegsteert Memorial on the Berks Cemetery Extension; memorial for more than 11.000 commonwealth servicemen who have no known grave. Ploegsteert, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
context_page_description: James MacKenzie VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
  MacKenzie was born in New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire in 1889 and enlisted in the Scots Guards on 16 February 1912. He embarked for France on 5 October 1914. He was 25 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
  On 19 December 1914 at Rouges Blancs, France, Private MacKenzie rescued a severely wounded man from the front of the German trenches under a very heavy fire and after a stretcher party had been compelled to abandon the attempt. Private MacKenzie was killed later on that day while trying to carry out a similar act.
  Private MacKenzie has no known grave but his name is listed on panel 1 the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Berks Cemetery Extension near Ploegsteert in Hainaut, Belgium. There is a memorial tablet at Troqueer Parish Church, Maxwelltown. His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Guards Regimental Headquarters, London, England.
context_section_description: "No. 29074". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1916. p. 1700.
  CWGC entry
  Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
  The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
  Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)
  VCs of the First World War - 1914 (Gerald Gliddon, 1994)
caption: Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
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