BORN HULL 1894. SON OF RACHAEL E GRAY OF, 4 ALBERT AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL. A FORMER CLERK WITH THE SUN LIFE OFFICE, LOWGATE, HULL, WHERE HE HAD BEEN SINCE LEAVING SCHOOL. HE WAS ALSO AN ASSISTANT ORGANIST AT THE BOULEVARD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. ENLISTED IN THE HUNTINGDON CYCLISTS, IN NOVEMBER 1915.
POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE 7TH WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT, AS A STRETCHERBEARER. HE WAS KILLED BY A SHELL BRINGING THE WOUNDED, ON 28/08/1916, AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 20/10/1916. *
HE LEFT ANNIE, JOHN T & AMY GRAY AT 4 ALBERT AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE MEMORIAL, PARK STREET, HULL AND HULL’S WALKER STREET, MEMORIAL, HULL.
First name:
ERNEST WILLIAM
Military Number:
20821
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/08/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
22
