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Lieutenant WILLIAM RAY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Home Guard

57th County of London Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 June 1944

Age 58 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HITHER GREEN CEMETERY

Sec. G.G. Coll. Grave 57.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal, Meritorious Service Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Julia Margaret Ray; husband of Beatrice Dorothy Elsie Ray, of Hove, Sussex. Formerly Q.M.S. 2nd Bn. The Durham Light Infantry in the 1914-18 War. His son, Maurice Edward Michael, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS SON P/O M.E.M. RAY, R.A.F. FORMERLY HOME GUARD KILLED 2.3.1945 AGE 21 IS BURIED IN BELGIUM
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Buried or commemorated at

HITHER GREEN CEMETERY
London United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 256
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