Flight Lieutenant HECTOR BERTRAM GRAY
Royal Air Force
Died 18 December 1943
Age 32 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment and British Army Aid Group
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards George Cross, Air Force Medal
- Additional Citation note
The following details are given in the London Gazette of April 19th, 1946: "Awarded the George Cross for most conspicuous gallantry in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner."
Hector Gray was a prisoner of the Japanese, he was able to organise a supply of much needed drugs into the prison camp and a distribution network and also supplied a news service to fellow prisoners from information he received from outside the camp. He was tortured continuously over a six months period to give the names of his informers and suppliers but divulged absolutely nothing, he was eventually shot by his Japanese captors.
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