Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Tank Cemetery Guemappe | C.23 | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.129 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 37B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Younger of Balinakil and Loup.
Family :
Son of Duncan Mackinnon og Ballinhill. Husbanf of Mrs L V Mackinnon of 50 Evelyn Gardens KensingtonService Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 14th Battalion London Regiment (London Scottish) |
1/14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish) August 1914 : at 59 Buckingham Gate. Part of 4th London Brigade, 2nd London Division. Moved on mobilisation to Abbotts Langley. 16 September 1914 : left the Division and landed at Le Havre. Was engaged at Messines on 31 October 1914 under command of Cavalry Corps. 7 November 1914 : came under command of 1st Brigade in 1st Division. 8 February 1916 : transferred to 168th Brigade in 56th (London) Division. |
| Action : The Arras Offensive and associated actions |
9 April - 16 June 1917. The Arras Offensive consisted of a series of linked attacks starting with the Anglo Canadian assault on the dominant Vimy Ridge feature through the battles in the Scarpe River valley and up to the assaults on the Hindenburg line in the summer of 1917.
Detail :
Visiting the Fallen: Arras Sount By Peter Hughes:
"The 56th (London) Division also fought in this locality in May 1917 and some of its men can be found within the cemetery. Fighting still ebbed and flowed around the ruins of Cavalry Fam, which was situated on the main Arras-Cambrai road. The division recaptured it on 3 May, but the position could not be held or consolidated.
A further attempt was made on 11 May by the 14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) and the 4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). The attack, which took place at 8.30pm, seems to have caught the Germans off guard; few of them were armed and the mail and rations had recently been brought up, which obviously proved a distraction. The 4th Battalion swept through Cavalry Farm with little opposition, but the London Scottish sustained some casualties in their attack on Tool Trench, mainly among 'D' Company, which lost two officers, Captain William MACKINNON (Plot C.23) and Secon Lieutenant Herbert Edward HAWKINS (Plot C.24). At the close of this action, the northern section of Tool Trench and beyond it, Hook Trench, were still in German hands, so a block was created by filling in about 40 yards of trench. the captured positions were then consolidated."
See also: London Scottish Rifles Lodge No. 2310. "Captain William MacKinnon was killed during the Battle of Arras on 11th May 1917 during an operation to take an enemy trench. 3 companies of the 1st Bn London Scottish charged and over-ran the German trench and either killed or took prisoners those Germans that had not fled their position. Unfortunately in the darkness and confusion D Company overran their objective and Bro MacKinnon was one of 2 officers and several men cut down by machine-gun fire."
Commemorated on the Highland Society of London Roll of Honour, Inverness Town House. "He was an Irishman serving in a Scottish regiment."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | London Scottish Rifles' No. 2310 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
16th March 1916 | 27th April 1916 | 1st July 1916 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley