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Private E J McKAY

Service Number: 12346
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1915

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. F. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Johnstone McKay and Cathrine McKay, of 12, Meadowbank Avenue, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription A SILENT THOUGHT A SECRET TEAR KEEPS HIS MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1290
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