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Name: John GRAY
Casualty No.: Ranks: Trooper Initials: J Service No.: 270557
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. Age at Death: 24
Unit: Worcester Yeomanry (The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars)
Former Unit(s): Northumberland Hussars (Yeomanry).
Place Enlisted: Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Place of Residence: Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Home Address:
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment: Miner at Addison Colliery.
How Died: Malaria
Date of Death: Saturday 2nd November 1918
Place of Death: Egypt
Battle/Campaign:
Locally Commemorated: Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham. St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church, Roll of Honour, Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.
UK Commemorated: Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Overseas Commemorated: -
Buried: Beirut War Cemetery.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 1
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: Blaydon Courier, page 5, 23rd November 1918.
Family Details:
Son of Thomas H Gray, and the late Elizabeth Gray of Stella Road, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
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