Roll of Honour

Roll of Honour

McKay, Robert James

Biography: Son of William McKay; born Battersea, 7 January 1882. Arts, 1899-1900. Private, R.A.M.C., 1900. Mobilized, August 1914. Commissioned, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5 March 1916. Served-France, August 1914-August 1916; Gold Coast, 1917-. Final rank, Captain. Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Member of the British Empire, Three mentions in despatches, 1914, 1916, 1917.

Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.


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