Ernest George Gray
Memorial: Pilning
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 242238
Parents: George and Virtue Gray
Home address: Shaymoor Lane, Pilning, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Brick Worker
Date of birth: 1892
Place of birth: Pilning, Bristol
Date of death: 30/06/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Magnaboschi British Cemetery (Plot 3. Row B. Grave 4.), Italy
Age: 26
Further information:
Ernest George Gray was the son of George and Virtue Gray. Ernest was born in Pilning in 1894. George Gray was a brick worker in a brickyard. The family lived at Crosshands, Almondsbury, Thornbury. In the 1911 census Ernest was 17 years old and a brick worker like his father, living at Shaymoor Lane in Pilning with his parents
Ernest was a regular soldier, Private, No.242238 with “A” Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He died on 30th June 1918, aged 26 years and is buried in the Magnaboschi British Cemetery in Italy
The 1st/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment was part of the South Midland Brigade, South Midland Division. On mobilisation they moved to the Isle of Wight, then Swindon, then Maldon in Essex, finally in March 1915 they landed at Boulogne. In May 1915 the formation became the 145th Brigade, 48th (South Midland) Division. In November 1917 the Division, moved to Italy where Ernest died. The Magnaboschi British Cemetery contains 183 burials of the First World War
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Publication: Village Heroes. Pilning and Severn Beach History Group. Nancy Vowles and Val George researched and put together the information
Forces War Records and CWGC