Kenneth Douglas Kilcoy Fraser Mackenzie (1898 - 1941)

Born 1898 in Forest Gate, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Died 28 Jan 1941 at about age 43 in Brodick, Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

Kenneth Douglas Kilcoy Fraser Mackenzie was born in 1898 in Forest Gate, Essex, England to Evan George Mackenzie and Frances Mary (Green) Mackenzie. His birth was registered in West Ham, Essex in the first quarter of the year, with mother's maiden name Green.^[1]

In 1901 Kenneth F Mackenzie (age 3) lived at 4 St Margarets Road in Plumstead, London with his father Evan G (39, Supt Electrical Engineer), mother Frances M (33), sister Valerie F (10), brother Evan F (4), grandmother Georgiana Mackenzie (62), and boarder William F Millsom (24, Steam Engine & Hydraulic Fitter).^[2]

In 1911 K D Mackenzie (age 13, School) lived at 2 Ann's Villas in Woodford Green, Essex with his father E G (49, Electrical Engineer Steamship), mother F M (43), sister V (20, Student), brother E C (14, School), and grandmother G M Mackenzie (76).^[3]

Kenneth married Mabel Milne(?) before 1941.

Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie, a civilian navigation instructor, died in an air crash on 28 Jan 1941 near Goat Fell / Brodick, Isle of Arran, Scotland^[4] - his usual residence was Mainholm near Annbank, Ayrshire, Scotland.

He is buried at Monkton and Prestwick Cemetery in Prestwick, Ayrshire: "In memory of my beloved husband (Captain) KENNETH MACKENZIE killed 28 Jan 1941."^[5]

"MACKENZIE Kenneth Douglas Kilcoy Fraser otherwise Kenneth Douglas of Mainholm Drumley Annbank died 2 February 1941 at Brodick Confirmation of Mabel Milne or Mackenzie widow. Sealed Llandudno 25 August."^[6] [All other records have 28 Jan 1941 as his date of death, 2 Feb may be the date his death was registered or confirmed?]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FW1-WG4 : 1 October 2014), Kenneth Douglas K F Mackenzie, 1898; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, West Ham, Essex, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. [mother's maiden name included on the GRO Index (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp)]
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9DV-S3H : 20 May 2019), Kenneth F Mackenzie in household of Evan G Mackenzie, City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Plumstead East subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. [additional details from the same record on findmypast (paid account needed): https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1901/0007418881]
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWF2-JHH : 24 June 2019), E C H D in household of E G Mackenzie, Woodford, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. [additional details from the same record on findmypast (paid account needed): https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/09761/0397/5]
4. ↑ Commonwealth War Graves - Find War Dead (https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/) Entry for Kenneth Douglas Mckenzie: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3159641/KENNETH_DOUGLAS_McKENZIE/
5. ↑ "Scotland Monumental Inscriptions" on findmypast - entry for Kenneth Mackenzie, 1941 (paid account needed): https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=PRS/SCOTLAND/MI/ADD/5/00120575
6. ↑ "UK Wills & Probate, 1858-1996" (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/) Mackenzie, 1941.