Name |
John Arthur GRAY DCM |
Rank/Number |
2nd Lieutenant |
Regiment/Unit |
Royal Berkshire Regiment / 2nd Battalion |
Enlisted |
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Age/Date of death |
31 / 04 Mar 1917 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Killed in action / France & Flanders |
Residence at death |
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Cemetery |
Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France |
Grave Reference |
VII.A.7 |
Location of memorial |
High Wycombe Hospital |
Date/Place of birth |
Mar qtr 1885 / West Wycombe |
Date/Place of baptism |
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Occupation of Casualty |
rose through ranks in Army |
Parents/Occupation |
Fred & Eliza Gray / chair maker |
Parents' Address |
1916: Claremont, Abercrombie Ave, H Wycombe |
Wife |
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Wife's Address |
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Notes |
Commissioned Nov 1916. Served 12 years in Army - 5 years in India. Service Papers on Find My Past. Served with OBLI 3833. Wrote poem & with proceeds bought cigarettes & tobacco for Wycombe soldiers around the world |