Name Arthur Bernard Gray Service Number: 2500306 Rank: Private, Sapper Service: 7th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops Date of Birth: April 7, 1884 Place of Birth: Kemptville, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: April 15, 1918 Place of Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario Address at Enlistment: 152 Humphrey St, Swampscott, Essex Co., Mass. Age at Enlistment: 34 Height: 5 feet, 7 1/2 inches Complexion: Medium Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Fair Trade: Chauffeur Marital Status: Single Religion: Baptist Next of Kin: Veta Blanche Gray Neale (Sister), Lynn, Massachusetts Served: In Canada, England, and France Discharged: March 19, 1919 Date of Death: June 10, 1961 (in DeBary, Volusia County, Florida) Age at Death: 77 Cemetery: Unknown Arthur Melby Bernard Gray was the son of Jeremiah Gray (1837-1902) and Hannah West (b. 1852), the husband of Cornelia "Cora" Eva (Herschel) Gray (1897-1993), and the father of Ronald Stuart Gray (1924-1982). Arthur’s brother Jesse Kendrick Gray (1896-1958) also served in the First World War. Arthur worked as a motorman for Bay State Street Railway (later Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway) in Swampscott, Mass., both before and after the First World War.

Sources: Library and Archives Canada (Photo) Argyle Township Courthouse Archives (ATCHA), photo P1987-388p