Son of William Paton Maclay and Mary Jane Fraser Webster Mackay, Brantwoode, Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire.

Lived Eastwood, Kilmacolm.

James W. Maclay, 2nd Lieutenant, 7th Scottish Rifles, killed in action at Dardanelles, 28th June, aged 18.

Listed in Kilmacolm Roll of Honour. This can be viewed online here or downloaded here.