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Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 5 Send Message	Beverley	Report	9 Nov 2004 13:16
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 5 Send Message	Pls can anyone help - my maternal great grandfather LAUCHLAN MACKENZIE was a soldier and apparently died whilst serving in India. I have no idea of his age/birthplace/parentage/or regiment. His name appears only on my grandmother's marriage certificate. He was deceased at the time. Thanks Beverley How can I find him?
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 323 Send Message	Ian	Report	9 Nov 2004 15:14
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 323 Send Message	Beverley, Maybe a coincidence, but CWGC has details of a sailor - Signalman Laughlin Mackenzie who appears to have gone down with HMS Hermes in 1942, near Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka, near India). Ian
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	9 Nov 2004 17:08
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Beverley You must have some idea about when he was around - 1940/1840/1860 whenever. There are lots of India Office records (including bmds) in the British Library. Does his occupation on the certificate give any clues? Was he an officer, because he would be in the Army Lists. nell