James Edward Gray1

(8 June 1882 - 4 December 1917)
FatherJames Gray1 (c Dec 1839 - c Dec 1914)
MotherElizabeth Tennison1 (c 1841 - c Dec 1902)
     James Edward Gray was born on 8 June 1882 at Bradford, Yorkshire, England, .1,2,3 He was the son of James Gray and Elizabeth Tennison.1 James Edward Gray married Hannah Denby on 26 May 1912 at Wesleyan Church, Southend Street, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, .3,4 James Edward Gray died on 4 December 1917 at El Qantara, Ismailia, Egypt, , at age 35.3,5 He was buried after 4 December 1917 at Kantara War Memorial Cemetry, El Qantara, Egypt, .5

Census

5 April 1891Son2 Cawood Place, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, 2
31 March 1901Son29 Harewood Street, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, 6
2 April 1911Son7 Fieldhouse Row, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, 7

Family

Hannah Denby
Marriage*James Edward Gray married Hannah Denby on 26 May 1912 at Wesleyan Church, Southend Street, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, .3,4 
Child

Citations

  1. [S117] National Birth Registration, BIRTH James Edward Gray, Tennyson, GRO Reference: 1882 S Quarter in BRADFORD YORKSHIRE Volume 09B Page 71.
  2. [S103] 1891 Census of England & Wales, online http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Class: RG12; Piece: 3624; Folio: 11; Page: 16;.
  3. [S1087] UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, online https://ancestry.co.k, James Edward GRAY, private, No 26622 1/5th (Territorial) Battn. The Essex Regiment., yst s of the late James Gray, by his wife Elizabeth; b. Bradford, co. York, 8 June 1882; educ Barkerend Council School there; was a Yorkshire Representative of Messrs. Redfern's, Ltd., Rubber Heel Manufacturers; joined the Essex Regt. 10 Jan. 1917; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine and Egypt from 31 May and died at Kantarah, Egypt, 4 Dec. 1917 of wounds received in action at Jaifa on 29 Nov. Buried in the military cemetery there. Second Lieut. Lockwood wrote: "He was wonderfully brave and splendid all through the severe fighting in November and I miss him very much”. He m. at Southend Wesleyan church 26 May 1912 Hannah (27 Woodhall Terrace, Thornbury, Bradford), dau of John Denby and had a dau, Edna, b. 28 Sept. 1914.
  4. [S110] FreeBMD, online http://www.freebmd.org.uk/, MARRIAGE of James E Gray and Hannah Denby, Bradford 9b 487.
  5. [S128] CWGC, online http://www.cwgc.org/default.asp, Pte James Gray, 36622. 1st/5th Bn. Essex Regt. 4th Dec 1917. Age 35. Son of James Gray of Bradford; husband of Anni Gray of 27 Woodhall Terrace, Thornbury, Bradford Yorks. C119. Katntara War Mem Cemetery Egypt.
  6. [S109] 1901 Census of England & Wales, online http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Class: RG13; Piece: 4148; Folio: 206; Page: 34.
  7. [S148] 1911 Census of England & Wales, online http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Class RG14; Piece:     26713; Registration District 498; ED 39; Schedule 78.
  8. [S1087] UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, online https://ancestry.co.k, James Edward GRAY, private, No 36622 1/5th (Territorial) Battn. The Essex Regiment., yst s of the late James Gray, by his wife Elizabeth; b. Bradford, co. York, 8 June 1882; educ Barkxrad Council School there; was a Yorkshire Representative of Messrs. Redfern's, Ltd., Rubber Heel Manufacturers; joined the Essex Regt. 10 Jan. 1917; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine and Egypt from 31 May and died at Kantarah, Egypt, 4 Dec. 1917 of wounds received in action at Jaifa on 29 Nov. Buried in the military cemetery there. Second Lieut. Lockwood wrote: "He was wonderfully brave and splendid all through the severe fighting in November and I miss him very much”. He m. at Southend Wesleyan church 26 May 1912 Hannah (27 Woodhall Terrace, Thornbury, Bradford), dau of John Denby and had a dau, Edna, b. 28 Sept. 1914.