A VERY POIGNANT WW1 OFFICER CASUALTY GROUP TO LIEUTENANT PETER GRAY LIVERPOOL REGIMENT ATTACHED SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS LATE ARGYLE AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN JUNE 1918 HAVING SERVED AT THE FRONT SINCE MAY 1915.
1914 15 TRIO CORRECTLY NAMED
STAR 777 P GRAY A&S HIGHRS
WAR & VICTORY MEDALS 2 LIEUT P GRAY
ALL ON ORIGINAL LONG SILK RIBBONS
DEATH PLAQUE PETER GRAY IN PAPER SLEEVE AND WAXED CARD COVER
ARGYLES GLENGARRY CAP BADGE
PRINCESS MARY TIN CHRISTMAS CARD IN ENVELOPE
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Peter Gray was born in Renfrew, Scotland on 4 January 1890 and enlisted in the 1/6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, in April 1908. And he remained likewise employed until July 1912, latterly in the rank of Sergeant. Recalled on the outbreak of the Great War, he rejoined his old battalion and served in France from May to September 1915, when possibly wounded, and again in the period June 1916 to March 1917. He was advanced to Company Sergeant-Major on 1 July 1916 and saw action on the Somme, his battalion taking part in actions at High Wood, Longueval, Trônes Wood, Guillemont, Ginchy and Morval.
Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) in September 1917, Gray was attached to the 1/4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, at the time of his death in action on 18 June 1918. On that date, the battalion was positioned in trenches in the Oppy sector, and Gray and five of his men were killed by enemy trench mortars. He is buried in Anzin-St. Aubin British Cemetery, France.
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