Angus Alexander Mackenzie
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Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Angus Alexander Mackenzie, R.D. (9 January, 1905 – 1975) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.
Life & Career
Mackenzie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 25 September, 1934.[1]
Mackenzie served in Whitshed immediately before the war and then in the Modified "W" Class destroyer H.M.S. Venomous from 18 April, 1940.
Mackenzie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 23 September, 1941.[2]
On Mackenzie's 37th birthday, the 9 January 1942, Vimiera was lost to a mine in the Thames estuary while escorting a convoy to Sheerness.
Mackenzie valued his naval service at least to the degree that he commissioned some fine paintings of his various ships after the war.[3]
He retired on 9 January, 1950.[4]
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Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Roger B. N. Hicks |
Captain of H.M.S. Vimiera 26 Feb, 1941[5] – 9 Jan, 1942[6] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
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