The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Corporal J Mackay
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Corporal John MACKAY, 204436, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 5839, K.O.S.L.I.), killed in action, Flanders France, 24th April 1918, age 35.
Born North Shields, Northumberland, son of Robert & Elizabeth Mackay, of 32, Bird Street, North Shields, Northumberland.
1911 Census - 32, Bird Street, North Shields, Northumberland - *Robert Mackay, head, age 82, married, occupation none, born Sutherlandshire; Elizabeth Mackay, wife, age 71, married 49 years, 7 children, 5 still alive, small shop, worker, at home, born Banffshire; Jane Alice Mackay, daughter, age 30, single, domestic duties, born North Shields, Northumberland; John Mackay, son, age 28, single, newspaper despatch clerk, Daily News Paper, born North Shields, Northumberland.
*1916 December, Tynemouth Registration District, died age 88.
Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Buried at Crucifix Corner Cemetery, III. E. 4., Villers-Bretonneux, France.
NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War spell lastname MACKEY; CWGC web site show it as MACKAY.
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