We remember Herbert Edward Ray

We remember Herbert Edward Ray

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Timeline

Timeline

1892
birth Wortham, Suffolk United Kingdom Source:8962991 1892
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:4142725 1st April 1915
enlistment Melton Mowbray United Kingdom Source:8962986
service British Army Private 2661 Corps of Hussars Source:4142725
service British Army Private 2661 Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion Source:8962986
1915
death Killed in Action Frezenberg Ridge, Ypres Belgium Source:7523850 Source:8962986 13th May 1915
burial Ypres (menin Gate) Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium Panel 5. Source:7523850

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Herbert Edward
Initials HE
Last Name Ray
Source 7523850
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 2661 Corps of Hussars Private
British Army 2661 Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
William Edward Ray father

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Leicestershire and Rutland, Soldiers Died 1914-1920 Transcription Guy74824
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Guy74824
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Guy74824
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Guy74824
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Guy74824

External Evidence

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UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 Liz37211
Ancestry - Registry of Soldiers Effects Vincent96527
Newspapers and the Great War blog by John Dilley Liz37211

Multimedia

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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen 1 Vincent96527
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen 2 Vincent96527
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen 3 Vincent96527
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen 4 Vincent96527
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen 5 Vincent96527
1914-15 Star Vincent96527
Pte. Bert Ray Liz37211

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