Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. O. Gray, Royal Fusiliers, killed in action at the Battle of Arras, 3 May 1917

1914-15 Star (7577 Pte. H. O. Gray. R. Fus:) first initial officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (GS-7577 Pte. H. O. Gray. R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Henry Oswald Gray) all three medals in named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (4) £140-180

Henry Oswald Gray was born in Tottenham, London, and attested there for the Royal Fusiliers. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 July 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras on 3 May 1917, on which date 345 Officers and Men from the Regiment lost their lives, including Corporal George Jarrett, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his gallantry that day. Gray is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Sold with London Infantry Record Office enclosures for all three medals.