Photographs and newspaper articles about Lee Mackie, Marine Jason Mackie & fostering Lee Mackie, mother of Marine Jason Mackie who was killed in Afghanistan in 2009, gets comfort on Remembrance Sunday from Marines to Bampton to support her.
Lee Mackie, mother of Jason Mackie who was killed in Afghanistan, has been tricked out of £4,500.
Witney Gazette April 2nd 2014. Conman Gary Sheehy conned Lea Mackie out of £4,350, part of the £150,000 she received from the life insurance of her son Jason who was killed in Afghanistan. Sheehy was punished by given community service. He had previously got £10,000, then £3,550 and a further £850 before the final amount.
1a. The war memorial - A picture of Bampton War Memorial taken October 26th 2009. It had very recently been cleaned and the lettering repainted after the death of Jason Mackie in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan - A picture of Bampton War Memorial taken October 26th 2009. The men listed in alphabetical order for Afghanistan. Jason Mackie. It was not called a war because it was to try and change a regime, not a fight against the people of Afghanistan.
1s. A picture of Bampton War Memorial taken October 26th 2009. The name of Jason Mackie being added to the memorial. Jason was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2009. 1u. A picture of Bampton War Memorial taken October 26th 2009.
The name of Jason Mackie was being added to the memorial. Jason was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2009. These are the tools being used to add the name.
1v. Craftsman’s tools - A picture of Bampton War Memorial taken October 26th 2009. The name of Jason Mackie was being added to the memorial. Jason was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2009. These are the tools being used to add the name.
1w. Lee Mackie’s flowers - A picture of Bampton War Memorial taken October 26th 2009. Jason Mackie's mother put the flowers and card by his newly added name. 2009.
1x. All the names and 1y and 1z - A picture of Bampton War Memorial taken October 26th 2009. After the memorial had been cleaned and Jason Mackie's name added, the lettering all round was repainted.
2a. Whole memorial - A picture of Bampton War Memorial taken October 26th 2009. The whole memorial now cleaned, Jason Mackie's name added and all the lettering newly painted. 2b. Poppy wreaths - A picture of Bampton War Memorial taken October 26th 2009. The whole memorial now cleaned, Jason Mackie's name added and all the lettering newly painted. Poppy wreaths being laid on Remembrance Sunday 2009. Not very sharp picture because it's a still from a film.
img179 - Witney Gazette on line, October 28th 2014. This item recalls all the Oxfordshire soldiers and airmen and women from Oxfordshire who have lost their lives in the eleven-year campaign in Afghanistan. A quote from the article about Bampton's Jason Mackie reads:- "But Bampton resident Lee Mackie, 59, whose 21-year-old son Royal Marine Jason Mackie died in May 2009, said: “As a mother, nothing is ever worth losing your son for but I understand there are circumstances where we have to get involved to eradicate extremism. I respect Jason’s wish to serve in the Armed Forces and when I spoke to him about it he was proud of what he was doing and he felt they were making a difference to the normal Afghan people who just want to live their lives and educate their children. It’s something I cling on to that my son was doing something worthwhile.” Prime Minister and Witney MP David Cameron said: “Their tragic deaths remind us of the continued commitment and sacrifice of our Armed Forces and of their families and our deepest sympathies will always be with them.” Lea Mackie fostering - Witney Gazette June 10th 2015. Lee is now fostering children up to the age of 2 years old and for the first time since her son Marine Jason Mackie was killed in Afghanistan in May 2009 she feels life is good again.