Name
William James Dray
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/07/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
265982
Hertfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 54 and 56.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial,
Buntingford Town Memorial,
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Born in 1893 in Tottenham, London son of William James and Caroline Mary (Hunt) Dray and living as a boarder in 24 Bengeo Street, Hertford and working as an ironmonger’s assistant in 1911 and later lived in Church Street, Buntingford.
Reginald Dray was born in 1891 to William John and Caroline Mary Dray. By 1901 census results show his mother was widowed and living in Church Street, Buntingford. She was still there in 1911. William was not shown on his mother’s census return for either year.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford and was killed in action.
Acknowledgments
Kate Thompson
Malcolm Lennox, Carol Emery, Jonty Wild
