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
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)
Fathers Occupation
Siblings
Louise (c1876-), Hope D (c1885-), Robert G (1891-)
Spouse
Education
Occupation
1891 Census
Belhaven Terrace, Kelvinside
1901 Census
18 Belhaven Terrace West, Partick
1911 Census
The Marine Hotel, Elie, Fife
Glasgow Necropolis
Other Memorials
Kelvinside Parish Church War Memorial
Scottish National War Memorial
Western Club
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
Rank
Captain
Medals
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Regiment Information
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
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
Siblings
Louise (c1876-), Hope D (c1885-), Robert G (1891-)
Spouse
Education
Occupation
1911 Census
The Marine Hotel, Elie, Fife
Glasgow Necropolis
1891 Census
Belhaven Terrace, Kelvinside
1901 Census
18 Belhaven Terrace West, Partick
Other Memorials
Kelvinside Parish Church War Memorial
Scottish National War Memorial
Western Club
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
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
Cecil Alexander Dunn Macindoe - Monument - Epsilon -Glasgow Necropolis