Son of John and Annie Russell MacKenzie, of Green Point, Cape Town. Served in the South African War with Natal Carbineers and with Scottish Horse (as Capt.) received the King's Medal with two clasps (twice Mentioned in Despatches). He also served in Northern Nigeria in 1906. Born at Aberdeen, Scotland. On Maritzburg College cenotaph.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "Cape Corps" (a branch/Corps, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, matching the same organisation already correctly classified there elsewhere on the ROH.
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).
DSO LG 26 June 1902 - "Ian Russell Mackenzie, Captain, Scottish Horse. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa"
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