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On 27 November 2018 two metal rings from the Mole were donated by the citizens of Zeebrugge, to be added to Albert's memorial.
In April 2018 a commemorative paving stone was unveiled in Albert McKenzie's name, as part of a Government campaign to honour Victoria Cross recipients from the First World War.
Bruges, Belgium – 23 April 2018 - The Battle of the North Sea 1914-1918 unique exhibition opens its doors. The display includes Albert's VC medal.
Albert's ditty box found in Canada
In April 2018 a ceremony was held on the Mole at Zeebrugge in Belgium to commemorate the centenary of the Raid. Pictured right attending the ceremony are: Simon Hughes, Colin McKenzie, Paul Keefe and other members of the Albert McKenzie VC memorial fund.
Squeaky Pedal are an award winning independent film production team. Using archive material mixed with animation in order to tell the story, won the Imperial War Museum Film Festival prize for Best Use of Archive in 2018 with. Their film tells the story of how Albert McKenzie became the first London sailor to win the Victoria Cross
Following months of painstaking research, The Royal British Legion and the Victoria Cross Trust tracked down descendants of a group of Victoria Cross recipients, who join a celebrity line-up for a unique collection of recordings compiled to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the War in 1914.
Albert McKenzie attended Webb Street School just the other side of Tower Bridge Road. The school still exists but has been renamed Grange Primary School. In November 2017 Colin McKenzie was invited to open the newly constructed Albert McKenzie Hall named after his great uncle
September 2015 - Millwall Football Club entertained Southend United at The Den and celebrated the life of a local First World War hero Albert McKenzie VC.
Simon Hughes MP said: "Paul Keefe and members of Albert’s old club have been raising money for a lasting memorial to Albert and with the special help of Admiral Lord West, Albert’s family and many others, this memorial will be unveiled on Albert’s birthday next month. Millwall has very generously agreed to support the appeal for this lasting memorial at Saturday’s game.
September 2015 - Paul Keefe together with Nick and Colin McKenzie were the guests of the John Berryman the Chairman of Millwall Football Club at an Albert McKenzie VC fund raising event.
October 2014 - Nick and Colin McKenzie attended a Service of Remembrance at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London. The service was held in the presence of HRH Prince Henry of Wales
In April 2010 a new housing development in Spa Road Bermondsey was named after Albert McKenzie. The name was selected by local residents to celebrate their local war hero. The opening event was attended by Albert's great great nephew Nick McKenzie as guest of honour
July 2001 a letter from Lord Keyes to Colin McKenzie
In November 2009 Colin McKenzie was invited to take part in a Belgian Television documentary about Albert McKenzie and the Raid on Zeebrugge. Filming started in Dover and continued on board a Belgian Navy vessel whilst crossing the channel to Zeebrugge. Permission was granted for the final scenes to be filmed on the Mole itself.
Colin McKenzie being film on the beach at Dover
In February 2005 Colin McKenzie's web site was featured in 'Medal News'
In September 2004 the Royal Navy invited Colin and Nick McKenzie to be their guests of honour at the opening of the new 'McKenzie VC accommodation block' at the home of the Royal Navy Command HQ HMS Excellent, Whale Island, Portsmouth. Colin McKenzie addressed the assembled guests and planted a tree.
May 2003 - Colin McKenzie attended a Service of Dedication at Westminster Abbey, London. The Service was followed by a reception hosted by HM The Queen in Westminster Hall. The guests included all the surviving holders of the Victoria Cross and two family representatives from each of the other VC holders.
November 2002 Don McKenzie is invited to the launch of the Victoria Cross Memorial Appeal at the War Museum
Following his death in Albert's VC passed to his mother and then to his eldest brother Donald who had emigrated to the USA. It then passed down two generations to his great nephew Don McKenzie who in December 1999 asked his sister Victoria and her husband Francis Buckley to deliver it to the British Embassy in Washington.
The 'Victor' comic of March 1964 features Albert's story
Alberts VC medal crosses the Atlantic several times between 1927 and 1999 but remained in family ownership
In 1994 Albert’s great nephew Colin McKenzie put together the story of Albert’s part in the Raid on Zeebrugge. This eventually appeared as a web site in the early days of the internet under the www.mckenzie.uk.com/zeebrugge This web site along with its associated email address colin@mckenzie.uk.com has now been superseded by the web site https://sites.google.com/view/raid-on-zeebrugge/
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