208582 2nd Lt. Edmund Trevennin Gray British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from:Eldon Vicarage, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. (d.22nd Oct 1915) 2nd Lt Gray is mentioned in a letter about my relative Arthur Dixon. Edmund Gray was the son of the Rev Charles Gray, who was helping my family to enquire as to the fate of Arthur who was listed as missing at the Battle of Loos. Rev Gray had received a letter from one of his parishoners serving with the 15th DLI with news of Arthur's death. Rev Gray wrote a letter to the Army Records office on behalf of Arthur's mother to check the information they had been given. In letter, Rev Gray also enquires after the where abouts of his own son's effects as he had been killed on the 22nd October.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website confirmed that Edmund had been killed on the 22nd of October 1914 and is buried in Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery, he was 19 years old and had been an undergraduate at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. His Medal Card tells us that he went to France on the 11th of September 1915.
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