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Pte. Max Kay

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps

from:338 Hessle Road, Hull

(d.9th Apr 1916)

RAMC, Twesledown, 31st July 1915

Max Kay enlisted in Hull, 1915, aged 23 and was assigned to the Royal Army Medical Corps. Following training in Tweseldown, Surrey, he was assigned to the 13th Western Division and travelled to Mesopotamia (via Egypt) in early 1916. He died from his wounds on 9th April 1916, aged 24 in Mesopotamia (Iraq).

He was mentioned in dispatches by General Sir Percy Lake dispatches of Oct 1916 and received two medals, the British War Medal and Victory Medal. He is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.



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