Picture william john (willie) Gray

• Picture Notes

  My grandfather, Willie Gray, taken in his WW1 army uniform.  In June 2007, my Aunt Moira informed me that, contrary to what I believed she had told me in the past, my grandfather DID indeed serve as a soldier "in France in 1918".  This confirms the picture I have of him in army uniform.  Unfortunately, I have never been able to identify the cap badge.
  Source: Internet site called "Eddies News Extracts", which uses the "Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland who allowed me access to their copies of The Witness and The Banner of Ulster to obtain those extracts", I found the Presbyterian Church In Ireland -- Roll of Honour 1914-1919 listing a William Gray from 1st Garvagh, a sapper in the Royal Engineers listed. Also,  Macosquin Presbyterian church had a W J Gray, Private, of Garvagh listed.  Both of these entries must relate to my grandfather so it is very exciting to discover he might have served as an engineer in World War One.  I have checked the internet and the cap badge of a member of the Royal Engineers is not the same as the one my grandfather is wearing in the photograph I have of him in army uniform, but, it is more similar than any other cap badge I have seen online.

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• References (1)
  • Individual: William John Gray