Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. McKay, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915, on which date his Battalion suffered over 500 casualties

1914-15 Star (18159 Pte. W. McKay. High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (18159 Pte. W McKay. High. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (William McKay) extremely fine (4) £160-£200

William McKay was born in Durnock, Sutherland, in May 1890 and emigrated to Canada in July 1909. Residing in Winnipeg, he returned to the U.K. following the outbreak of the Great War and attested for the Highland Light Infantry. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 July 1915, and was killed in action on 25 September 1915, during the Battalion’s attack on Hill 70, on the first day of the Battle of Loos, on which date the Battalion suffered over 500 casualties. He is buried in St. Mary’s A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes, France.

Sold together with the named Record Office enclosures for the 1914-15 Star and the British War Medal; and copied research.