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Military service
Service number:
645587
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
June 1, 1896
Red Hill, Surrey, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
January 26, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Vimy Ridge, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 8.
Additional information
Son of J. A. and E.L. Gray of Vancouver, British Columbia.
English:
Digitized service file.
French:Dossier de service numérisé.
Digital gallery of Private Richard William Gray
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Arras Road Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Arras Road Cemetery
The Arras Road Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Photo of Richard Gray
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Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Richard William Gray
Digital gallery of
Private Richard William Gray
Digital gallery of
Private Richard William Gray
Digital gallery of
Private Richard William Gray
Digital gallery of
Private Richard William Gray
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 246 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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