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Military service
Service number:
193066
Age:
31
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
November 14, 1885
Death:
April 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Isabella Gray, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Thomas Gray.
Digital gallery of Corporal William Smith Gray
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Gray enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Gray enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 13th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Gray enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 13th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Smith Gray
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Smith Gray
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Smith Gray
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Smith Gray
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Smith Gray
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Smith Gray
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 246 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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