Lc Cpl.
John Mackin
Military Details
Service Number: 21756
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Border Regiment
Enlisted
24 May 1915
Awards and Medals
The 1914 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
24 May 1915
Place of Enlistment
Cockermouth
Residence at Enlistment
Low Cock How, Kinniside,Cleator
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
21756
Personal Details
Place of Birth
Lamplugh
Religion
C of E
Residence (Census)
Woodend Lodge , Lamplugh
Parents
John & Jessie Mackin
Siblings
John , William , Thomas , Elsie May
Family Connection
Brother of Thomas Mackin
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Farm Labourer
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
10th May 1917
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
Arras
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of Arras
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Lc Cpl.
Buried or Commemorated at
ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Grave Position: I. F. 22.
Private Memorial: St Johns Church War memorial
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