Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James Tait Gray
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Preston, Lancashire
- Service no: 41692
- Rank: Driver
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
- Unit/Ship: 93rd Battery
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 18
- Date of Death: 21.03.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Longuenesse (St. Sever) Souvenir Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: II.B.44.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 176 Ferry Rd, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Helen Lamond Gray, 176 Ferry Rd, Dundee
- Father:
Andrew Gray, 176 Ferry Rd, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about James Tait Gray
James was the brother of Sgt Andrew Gray, D.C.M. S/18257, 8th Battalion Black Watch, who also served and returned home safely.
James Tait Gray 41692 Royal Field Artillery
GRAY―On the 21st March 1916, of pleurisy, James Tait Gray, Royal Field Artillery, aged 18 years, youngest and dearly beloved son of Helen and Andrew Gray, 176 Ferry Road. – Inserted by his sorrowing father and mother, also his brothers and sisters.
Dundee People’s Journal 1st April 1916
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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