Sergeant Robert Wilson Gray
Killed in Action in WW2
Date of Death:
General Information
Conflict:
WW2
Regimental No.:
A6153
Cause of Death (in war):
Killed in Action
Branch:
Regiment:
Royal Canadian Regiment
Battalion:
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Montreal, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
24 years 10 months
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
29 years 1 month
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
29 years 1 month
Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Boiler Maker
Next of Kin:
Kathleen Mary Gray (Wife), Near Warrington, Lancashire, 37 Weeste Lane, Thelwell, Lancashire
Address at Enlistment:
2207 Coursel Street, Montreal, Quebec
Religion:
Methodist
Place of Enlistment:
St. Johns, Quebec
Was a Prisoner of War:
Height:
5 ft 8.0 in / 173 cm
Weight:
142 lbs / 64 kg
Chest:
35.0 in / 89 cm
Expansion:
2.0 in / 5 cm
Marital Status:
Married
Prior Military Experience:
No
Saw Service in:
Europe
Place of Discharge:
Discharge Type:
Died in Service
Discharge Notes:
Battle Died/Wounded:
Length of Service:
1534 days in service
Buried at:
Plot:
III. G. 9.
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Ranks
| Conflict |
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Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW2 |
Sergeant |
Royal Canadian Regiment |
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Awards
| Conflict |
Award |
Action |
Date of Award |
Date of Citation |
Source |
| WW2 |
1939-45 Star |
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| WW2 |
Italy Star |
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| WW2 |
Defence Medal |
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| WW2 |
War Medal |
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| WW2 |
CVSM & Clasp |
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Notes
12th Grade Education
Unilingual English
Working at Montreal Locomotive on Notre Dame E., Montreal as a Boiler Maker
Additional Service Notes
Embarked Halifax 18 Dec 1939
Arrived England 30 Dec 1939
Admitted Cambridge Hospital 17-April 1940, transferred Park Prewett, discharged 8 May 1940
Embarked at Plymouth, England 13 Jun 1940
Disembarked Brest, France 14 June 1940
Rembarked Brest, France 15 June 1940
Disembarked Plymouth, England 17 June 1940
Granted permission to marry 13 May 1941
Married Kathleen Mary Exley 11 July 1941
Embarked in England 13 June 1943
Disembarked 10 July 1943 (likely Italy)
Additional Next of Kin Notes
Married Kathleen Mary Exley 11 July 1941
She was working as a shop assistant
Son Lance Roderick born 14 Oct 1942
Father, Robert Gray was working at Verdun Protestant Hospital, Verdun, Quebec
Wife moved to Montreal, living with his parents at time of death (1943)
