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Lance Serjeant CECIL WILLIAM KAY

Service Number: 21247
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXII. A. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rose Amelia Hobson (formerly Kay), of Fairview Farm, Reedness, Goole, Yorks, and the late Fred Kay.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE'S BATTLE WON LIFE'S RACE WELL RUN
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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