Leonard Redvers Kay 733365 Private 112th Battalion, 25th Battalion June 12, 1899 London, England December 14, 1915 Kentville, Nova Scotia Berwick, Kings Co., NS 16 5 feet, 8 inches Fair Blue Light Single Printer Dorcas Kay (Mother) Brooklyn, Yarmouth Co., NS June 10, 1919 (Medical Discharge) 20 December 13, 1925 (Age 25 Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, NS Leonard Redvers Kay was the son of Dorcas (Batten) Kay (1872-1930) and Leonard Henry Kay (1867-1915). The family came to Canada in 1908 and initially settled in Berwick, Nova Scotia. Leonard, his mother, his brother Arthur (1903-1994), and two sisters, Lousia (1905-1974) and Ella (1907-1979) were born in England. Three other sisters were born in Nova Scotia, Daisy, Hilda, and Dorcas (1912-1969). The family moved to Brooklyn, Yarmouth Co., NS. Leonard Redvers Kay enlisted in December of 1915 and went overseas embarking Halifax on July 23, 1916, disembarking at Liverpool, England on July 31, 1916. He was assigned to the 25th Battalion for service in France and joined the Battalion in the field on November 15, 1916. On July 8, 1918, Leonard attended an army training school and once training was completed rejoined the 25th in the field on July 22, 1918. On August 10, 1918, Private Kay was wounded in action by an exploding shell that caused shrapnel wounds to his back. He was evacuated from the front and hospitalized in England. Determined to be medically unfit for continuing service, he returned to Canada in March, 1919. He was admitted to Camp Hill Hospital on March 25 and transferred to Pine Hill Hospital on April 16, 1919. On June 2, 1919 he was transferred to the Casualty Company and discharged at Halifax on June 10, 1919. During this hospitalization it was determined that he was suffering from a heart condition which originated during his service in France. Private Kay died on December 10, 1925, age 26, of acute septic endocarditis, his death attributed to to service.