In Memory Of

McKECHNIE, ARCHIBALD

Service Details
Age:
 46
Date of Birth:
 1871-04-08
Service No:
 8828
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-04-09
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Battle of Arras
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XV. N. 2.
Cemetery:
 CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of John and Margaret Anderson McKechnie. Brother of Mrs. M. Morrison, of Johannesburg. Born at Kingarth, Rothesay, Scotland. Archibald also worked as a farm labourer and at the time of the 1891 census he was working at Rawyards Farm, Monklands. He left for South Africa around 1903. His next of kin is listed as Mrs Margaret Morrison who is his sister who also went out to live in South Africa. Commemorated on Kingarth War Memorial, and the 292 Masonic Lodge War memorial, Rothesay, Isle of Bute