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Surname: KAY
Forename(s): John Calvert
Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 'B' Coy 11th (Service) Battalion
Division: 25th Division
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1916-07-15
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
John Calvert Kay was the son of William Entwisle and Melissa Kay, née Calvert. William was born at Darwen, Lancashire and Melissa at Allerton near Bradford, Yorkshire.
1891 Sutton Valence, Kent Census: Warm Lake - John C. Kay, aged 5 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of William E. and Melissa Kay.
1901 Chart Sutton, Kent Census: Sunnyside House - John C. Kay, aged 15 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of William E. and Melissa Kay.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: L/Cpl 19th Royal Fusiliers & 2/Lt Lancashire Fusiliers. Commissioned: Lancashire Fusiliers, 19 May 1915. Correspondence: W.E. Kay Esq (Father) Sunnyhurst, Sutton Valence, Maidstone, Kent.
John is commemorated on the Chart Sutton War Memorial.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lancashire Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 25th Division
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