249738 Major. William Hendrie Hay MC.British Army DD Battery, 76th Brigade Royal Field Artillery from:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada William Hay volunteered for the Canadian Army in 1914, but apparently dissatisfied with the time it was taking for training, equipping etc, he transferred to the British Army and completed WW1 in the Royal Field Artillery. He seemed to have spent a long time as a Lieutenant (suggesting perhaps he had been wounded). He was awarded an MC in 1917 (Still trying to trace the citation.) Promotion came quickly after that and he ended up commanding D Battery, there is a superb formal photograph of the battery in Germany 1919 (thought to be in Cologne). He lived to a great age, largely in Montreal Canada.
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