Captain John E. Mackenzie
Heavy Cavalry Sword – 1896 pattern, Victoria cypher, by Wilkinson
Mackenzie became a lieutenant in the 7th (The Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards on June 17, 1885. He transferred to the 3rd (The King’s Own) Hussars on May 8, 1895, as a captain. The 3rd Hussars were sent to India in 1898 and deployed to South Africa in 1901 for service in the Boer War. Mackenzie was placed on temporary half-pay owing to ill-health in January of 1901 and retired from the service on August 23, 1902.
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