BORN THORNGUMBALD 1893. SON OF GEORGE HENRY & JANE ELIZA GRAY, OF THORNGUMBALD.
HUSBAND OF MRS FRANCES A. GRAY, OF 3, MONA AVENUE, CAVE STREET, HULL.
HE WORKED FOR THE RAILWAYS, AS A LOCAOMOTIVE ENGINE CLEANER LIVING AT 3, MELROSE VILLAS, CHESTNUT AVENUE, QUEENS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE LATER WORKED FOR THE HULL POLICE FORCE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, 81ST SIEGE BATTERY. WOUNDED ON 25/08/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 25/09/1918, AGED 25.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/09/1918.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THORNGUMBOLD WW1 VILLAGE MEMORIAL WHERE 65 MEN SERVED AND 9 DIED.
He is commemorated on the Hull City Police Force Memorial Plaque, Priory Road Police station, Hull, unveiled on 21st January 1923.
