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Private Victor George Thomas Bray
British Army 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Leytonstone
(d.9th Apr 1917)
Victor Bray joined up a year earlier than he should have, he lied about his age to get into the army. When he tried to sign up he was told that he was too young, but to go round the block and when he came back he would be 18. He wrote his last letter home on 4th April 1917 just before the Battle of Arras, where he died on the first day of the battle. He is buried in Gourock Trench Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, Arras, France.