Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Samuel Robert Gray
In memory of:
Leading Aircraftman Samuel Robert Gray
December 21, 1958
Pisa, Italy
Military Service
227196
41
Air Force
109 Communication Flight
War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, Special Service Medal with NATO Bar.
Additional Information
November 2, 1917
Hanna, Alberta
February 2, 1941
Edmonton, Alberta
Son of Samuel and Laura (nee Coons) Gray of Calgary, Alberta. Husband of Eileen Watson (nee Tanner) Gray and father of Dale R. and Donna S. Gray of Courtenay, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 88 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Grave 3, Row B, Plot 4
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
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Grave marker – Photo by Malcolm Cromarty. -
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Funeral for J M J Sullivan, J H Haugh, S R Gray, C R Burlock & H Leach – Photo courtesy of the National Archives of Canada, C149917. -
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Photo of Samuel Robert Gray
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