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{{short description|Scottish cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = John Mackie
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = John Bartlett Mackie
| birth_date = 11 February 1895
| birth_place = [[Wincanton]], [[Somerset]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|9|16|1895|2|11|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Hastings]], [[Sussex]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1930/31
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 0
| bat avg1 = –
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = –
| deliveries1 = 174
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 77.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/45
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 2 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/john-mackie-31134 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''John Bartlett Mackie''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|CStJ}} (11 February 1895 — 16 September 1983) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er, soldier, airman, and a figure in the automotive industry.

Mackie was born in June 1898 at [[Wincanton|Wincanton, Somerset]]. He was educated at [[Taunton School]], before matriculating to [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=Great Britain and the East|publisher=Great Britain and the East, Limited|page=18|date=1944|volume=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xwnMtSSYtYQC}}</ref> Mackie served in the [[First World War]] with the [[Somerset Light Infantry]], entering from the [[Officers' Training Corps#Cambridge|Cambridge University Officers' Training Corps]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in January 1915.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001625/19150122/016/0002|title=Somerset losses|work=[[Mid Somerset Series|Shepton Mallet Journal]]|page=2|date=22 January 1915|access-date=2 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in June 1916, whilst commanding a company.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29853|date=8 December 1916|page=11978}}</ref> Having relinquished his temporary rank in April 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30028|date=20 April 1917|page=3766}}</ref> he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in July 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30398|date=23 November 1917|page=12309|supp=y}}</ref> Following the war, he was made a temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] whilst employed as a political officer.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31523|date=26 August 1919|page=10823|supp=y}}</ref> Mackie later played a single [[first-class cricket]] match in [[British India]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in the [[Madras Presidency Matches|1930–31 Madras Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13995/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Mackie|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He did not bat during the match, but did take the wicket of [[M. Venkataramanjulu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13756.html|title=Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1930/31|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Mackie later served in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the [[Second World War]], being commissioned as a [[Pilot officer#RAF usage|pilot officer]] on probation in November 1939,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34756|date=19 December 1939|page=8405}}</ref> with confirmation in the rank in November 1940.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35028|date=31 December 1940|page=7302}}</ref> He was promoted to the [[Military rank#Types of rank|war substantive]] rank of [[Flight lieutenant#Usage in the RAF|flight lieutenant]] in May 1940,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35076|date=14 February 1941|page=909}}</ref> with him being made a temporary [[Squadron leader#RAF usage|squadron leader]] in June 1942.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35618|date=3 July 1942|page=2929}}</ref> He resigned his commission in September 1944,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36748|date=13 October 1944|page=4742}}</ref> in order to take up a role with the [[Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders]] as the representative of the [[Automotive industry in the United Kingdom|British motor industry]] in the [[Middle East]] and [[Near East]], helping to organise the exportation of British-manufactured motor vehicles;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003191/19441229/037/0002|title=City diary|work=[[East London Observer]]|page=2|date=29 December 1944|access-date=2 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> he was chosen for his previous business experience in the region.<ref name="BOOK"/> In January 1964, he was made a Commander of the [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Order Saint John Jerusalem]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43219|date=14 January 1964|page=388|supp=y}}</ref> Mackie died at [[Hastings]] in September 1983.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31134}}

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[[Category:1895 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Somerset]]
[[Category:People from Wincanton]]
[[Category:People educated at Taunton School]]
[[Category:Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Somerset Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force officers]]
[[Category:Automotive industry in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of St John]]

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