Angus Alexander Mackenzie

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.

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.

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.

He retired on 9 January, 1950.

See Also

• Service Records
• An exceptional webpage on the man

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Roger B. N. Hicks	Captain of H.M.S. Vimiera 26 Feb, 1941 – 9 Jan, 1942	Succeeded by Vessel Lost