MACKIE Ian

  • First Name(s):
    Ian 
  • Surname:
    MACKIE
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Sub-Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Ship:
    HMS Bluebell
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    17th February 1945
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 90, Column 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George and Annis Ethel Gertrude Rose Mackie, of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

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MACKIE Ian Is Named On These Memorials

Bredon St Giles Church WW2 Memorial

Further Information About MACKIE Ian

Additional information on the memorial: R.N.

HMS Bluebell was a Flower Class Corvette.  On 17th February 1945 she was preparing to escort a convoy from Murmansk when she was hit by a torpedo fired from the German submarine U-711.  The torpedo caused Bluebell’s depth charges to explode and she sank in less than 30 seconds.  Of her crew of 86 there was only one survivor.

Ian Mackie has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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