Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Robert Hampton Gray – Photo of Second Lieutenant(Pilot) Robert Hampton Gray, taken when he received his pilot wings in September 1941.

Family – Left to right: Phyllis Gray-Gautschi, Wilhelmina Gray and John Balfour Gray.

Photo of Robert Hampton Gray – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

London Gazette

Statement of Service

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Crest

Medals – Picture of the mess dress medals attributed to R. H. Gray, according to his service records.

Entrance – A building and plaque at Royal Canadian Legion, Branch No. 51, 402 Victoria Street, Nelson B.C. was named in honour of Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray V.C., D.S.C., Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. The last Canadian to be killed in action during the Second World War. Lieutenant Gray from Nelson, B.C. died when his corsair aircraft was shot down as he fearlessly led a carrier air strike against the ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy at Onagawa Bay on August 9th, 1945. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=6773 L.T.R.H. Gray, V.C., D.S.C.R.C.N.V.R. 1917-1945 In honoured memory [building/édifice] 1902 DRILL HALL [plaque/plaque] NELSON DRILL HALL THIS WAS THE SITE OF THE NELSON DRILL HALL FROM 1902 - 1994 THE HALL WAS THE CENTRE OF MILITARY LIFE IN THE NELSON AREA AND WAS HOME TO MANY UNITS OF THE CANADIAN ARMY INCLUDING: SOUTH KOOTENAY RIFLES ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGERS 54TH KOOTENAY BATTALION CDN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 24TH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGT ROYAL CDN. ARTILLERY 44TH FIELD ENGINEER SQD. ROYAL CDN. ENGINEERS THE DRILL HALL WAS ACQUIRED BY THE PROVINCE IN 1964 AND SERVED MANY CIVILIAN FUNCTIONS UNTIL ITS DEMOLITION IN 1994 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Robert Hampton Gray Memorial School – The Robert Hampton Gray Memorial School at 12 Wing Canadian Forces Base Shearwater, Shearwater, NS was dedicated in 1952, in memory of Robert Hampton Gray, VC, RCNVR, Second World War. It now houses the Canadian Forces Military Families Resource Centre (MFRC) and the French Language Training School. HAMPTON GRAY MEMORIAL http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=4861 Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney

Memorial – In Memorial Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray V.C., D.S.C. Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Lieutenant Gray trained as a pilot at this airfield during the period June-Sept 1941. In World War II Lieut Gray was the only Canadian Naval recipient of the Victoria Cross which was awarded posthumously for his gallant and successful attack on a Japanest destroyer on 9 August 1945. We also Remember the 23 brave young men of the Fleet Air arm from Britain and the Commonwealth who lost their lives during flying training at this air station during World War II. Canadian Naval Air Group Hampton Gray V.C. Chapter, May 1992.

Memorial Plaque – Lt Robert Hampton Gray plaque, Nelson, British Columbia

Cenotaph – Barrie Military Park, Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients, Cenotaph

Inscription – The inscription of Robert Hampton Gray's name on the Halifax Memorial at Point Pleasant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Image taken 1 April 2018 by Tom Tulloch.

Memorial – The panel on the Halifax Memorial at Point Pleasant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on which Robert Hampton Gray's name is inscribed. Image taken 1 April 2018 by Tom Tulloch.

Halifax Memorial – The Halifax Memorial at Point Pleasant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on which Robert Hampton Gray's name is inscribed. Image taken 1 April 2018 by Tom Tulloch.

Dedication Panel – The dedication panel on the Halifax Memorial at Point Pleasant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on which Robert Hampton Gray's name is inscribed. Image taken 1 April 2018 by Tom Tulloch.

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