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Private WILLIAM McKAY

Service Number: 14534241
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 June 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 18.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George McKay, and of Alice McKay, of Bangor, Caernarvonshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. HE NEVER COUNTED THE COST
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Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1421
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