Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The 1914-15 Star awarded to Captain A. J. Gray, 1st/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Ypres on 31 July 1917

1914-15 Star (2. Lieut: A. J. Gray. Camb: R.) some staining on the reverse, otherwise very fine £80-£100

Arthur John Gray, a bookbinder from Chesterton, Cambridge, was born on 21 October 1891 and served in the Cadet Corps of Perse School, Cambridge and later attested for the Suffolk Yeomanry on 13 October 1909. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the Cambridgeshire Regiment on 13 April 1915 and served with the 1st/1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 July 1915. Appointed captain as from 1 June 1916, he was killed in action at Ypres, whilst attached to Headquarters, 118th Brigade, on 31 July 1917. He is buried in Buffs Road Cemetery, Belgium and is also commemorated on both the Perse School and Chesterton Memorials, Cambridge.