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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOSEPH KAY

Service Number: 50531
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT

IV. D. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Kay, of 17, Prescott St., Hoole, Chester.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3187
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