South African Military History Society

Major Kenneth Ross Mackenzie, 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders


Photo: Gavin Withers

Location
Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
In St George's Cathedral, 5 Wale Street, Cape Town City Centre
GPS: 33 deg 55 min 17.99 sec S, 18 deg 25 min 5.99 sec E

The Memorial Plaque is inscribed:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF 
MAJOR KENNETH ROSS MACKENZIE
 2ND BATTALION SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS 
"MISSING" AT MAGERSFONTEIN 11TH DEC 1899
AGED 44 YEARS 
ELDER SON OF THE LATE CHARLES DOUGLAS MACKENZIE 
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER AND SISTERS

The 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, the Black Watch, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and Highland Light Infantry formed Major General A.G. Wauchope's Highland Brigade at Magersfontein


Maj Mackenzie is commemorated on the South African War Graves Board memorial in the West End Cemetery in Kimberley which honours British soldiers who died during the Anglo-Boer War.

Further reading
Military Memorials in St George's Cathedral at Cape Town

Memorials in the Cathedral
Major Kenneth Ross Mackenzie, 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlander
Gunner Frederick William Ratcliffe
Battle of Boomplaats Rifle Brigade Memorial
Battle of Boomplaats British Roll of Honour
Lt Col Frederick Miller VC Memorial
Captain George Pilkington, RE
Colonel Edmund Hartley VC, CMG
3rd Dragoon Guards Anglo-Boer War Roll of Honour

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