Name
John (Jack) Gray (DCM)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/01/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Serjeant
203270
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
2nd/4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
O. 104.
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial, Hitchin Town Hall Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was born in Hitchin and was in the choir of St. John's Church in Hitchin. He was also Captain of the St. John's Football Club. His home was 27, Hitchin Hill, Hitchin and he was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs John Gray.
He worked in Mr Edwin File's shop for some years before he went to Bromley.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in 1914 in Bromley, Kent where he was working at the time. He was given the Regimental Number 203270 and posted to the 2/4th Battalion of the Royal West Kents in the 53rd Division.
He was at the landing in the Dardanelles and fought there throughout the campaign. After the Allied evacuation, he went to Egypt and saw much fighting in Palestine. He was present at the capture of Jerusalem He was almost certainly killed in action near the Shechln Road near Durah approximately 25 miles north of Jerusalem.
His award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal was given while he was still a Corporal.
He was buried in Grave O.104 in the Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
