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Private Richard William Gray

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1896-06-01
Place of birth: Red Hill Surrey
Next of kin: John Alfred Gray, father, of 2033 Triumph Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Teamster
Occupation (normalized): Animal-Drawn Vehicle Driver (Road)
Address: 2033 Triumph Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Arras Road Cemetery, I. A. 8.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 645587
Highest Rank: Private (7th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1916-01-26 ?
  2. Private, 7th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack near Vimy

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 279388
LAC ID: 432259
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3760-S014
Uploader's Notes: Served 14 months with 6th Regiment, Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles.
Uploader's Research notes:

158th Battalion Nominal Roll

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 158th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-09