BORN BEVERLEY 1888. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM GRAY (1861-1940) & MARY JANE BATTY (1864-1936), OF 1, SYMONS STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS.
EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 21248, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED FROM PNEUMONIA, AT HOME, 03/04/1916, AGED 28. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, PLOT 474. 45779. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER.
HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE STONE PILLAR MEMORIAL, ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
NB: HERBERT GRAY – 9 ALMA AVENUE. FOLKESTONE ST. LABOURER.
First name:
ABEL RICHARD
Military Number:
14166
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/04/1916
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
28
1, SYMONS STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULLEAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
