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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM HAY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 April 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

V. A. 12.

Belgium

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Lizzie Hay, of 88, West Regent St., Glasgow, and of East Woodlands, Dyce, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LAST MESSAGE "I AM ALL RIGHT KEEP CHEERY AND BRIGHT"
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Buried or commemorated at

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