Early Life
He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham (now Cleveland) in North East England, to William Robert Hay (1851 - 1920) and his wife Elizabeth (née Ebden), but moved to Suffolk at an early age.
Hay was educated at Gardner Street Higher Grade School in Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester).
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