Cecil Alexander Dunn MacIndoe
| Rank | Captain |  |
| Medals | 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| Regiment | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 8th Battalion | |
| Military Service | 1902 Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 4th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers on 26th February 1906 Promoted to Lieutenant on 26th August 1908 Transferred to 8th Battalion Cameronians on 1st April 1909 Promoted to Captain on 29th December 1915 The battalion left Falkirk for Devonport on 17th May and embarked on HMT Ballarat on the 18th for Mudros which it reached on the 29th May. The battalion remained there till 13th June when it left for Gallipoli. | |
| Born | 2nd May 1881, Partick | |
| Death | 28th June 1915 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Cecil Macindoe was killed in action during the 28th June offensive at Gully Ravine, Gallipoli in which the 8th Cameronians suffered very heavy losses. No 3 Company, commanded by Macindoe was one of the two companies which led the assault on the Turkish position. Most of the men were either killed or wounded. | |
| Age | 34 | |
| Burial | Redoubt Cemetery, Helles, X. B. 16 | |
| CWGC Information | Son of Alexander Dunn Macindoe, of 18, Belhaven Terrace, Glasgow. | |
| Parents | Alexander D Macindoe (c1854-1925) and Annie Balloch (c1854-1901) | |
| Father's Occupation | Stockbroker | |
| Siblings | Louise (c1876-), Hope D (c1885-), Robert G (1891-) | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Kelvinside Academy | |
| Occupation | Stockbroker | |
| 1891 Census | Belhaven Terrace, Kelvinside | |
| 1901 Census | 18 Belhaven Terrace West, Partick | |
| 1911 Census | The Marine Hotel, Elie, Fife | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Epsilon Lair 636 | |
| Other Memorials | Kelvinside Parish Church War Memorial | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Museum, Hamilton, Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), and Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk) Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org Family Search – www.familysearch.org The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/ Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com Kelvinside Academy and the Great War | |
Gallery
Cecil Alexander Dunn Macindoe - Monument - Epsilon -Glasgow Necropolis
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
