Robert's Story.
News Report
Died Under Operation
A telegram has been received from the War Office announcing the sad intelligence that Pte. Robert Mackie, South Lancs., died from penetrated wounds in the back and chest on April 9, received in action on March 22. He joined the colours in October 1916, and went to France in February of last year. He was educated at Manor Road Council School and was apprenticed to the plumbing with Messrs. Waring and Gillow, Liverpool. He was a member of Seacombe Presbyterian Church and Sunday School. Only 20 years of age, he was the only son of Mr and Mrs Robert Mackie, 19, Liscard Crescent, Wallasey, and grandson of the late Mr William Mackie, of Seacombe.
The Chaplain writes: - “Dear Mrs. Mackie, - I expect you have heard by the time you get this of your boy’s death. We thought he was getting on a bit better, and the doctor said there was a chance, but the wound became inflamed, and as a last resort, under the operation, the dear boy collapsed and he never gained consciousness. I am so very sorry for you, dear Mr and Mrs Mackie, he was such a dear bright lad, and made such a gallant fight for life, always cheerful and smiling, and a favourite in the ward for his uncomplaining bearing of great suffering and discomfort.”