Corporal William Gray
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1893-04-15
Place of birth:
Next of kin: Henry Gray, Seymours Court, Beckington, Somerset, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Laborer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Zivy Crater, Thelus, Panel 3. Col. I.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 400810
Highest Rank:
Corporal
(21st Battalion)
Rank detail
Corporal, 21st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack near Vimy
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
432376
Service file: B3763-S028
Uploader's Notes: His Circumstances of Death form gives his rank as Corporal, but his rank is given as Lance Sergeant on the Zivy Crater memorial. See 21st Battalion tribute page for more details.
Uploader's Research notes:
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
[Lance Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2014-07-21