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Serjeant JOHN McKAY

Service Number: 2871790
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1944

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VIII. E. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Daniel and Catherine McKay; husband of Emma Crichton McKay, of Portobello, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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