Gray, Linton Valentine (Lieutenant)

Missing in Action 1917-August-16

Lieutenant Linton Valentine Gray RFC

Birth Date: 1892-February-14

Born: Vancouver, B.C.

Parents: Thomas Linton Gray & Annie Marie Gray

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Vancouver, B.C.

Enlistment: ????, Manitoba:

Enlistment Date: 1915-April-15

Service

RFC

Unit

7 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

France

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

observer-gunner

Service Numbers

411165, CEF

Memorial Location
Google MapArras Flying Services Memorial
Enc 4 Plot 10 Row E Grave 19
1917-01-22: 2nd-Lieutenant, RFC, and embarked with 7Sqn to the European Front. 1917-05-27: Gray OK in BE2e, A-2932; completely wrecked in landing Abeele aerodrome on travelling flight. 1917-06-27: temporary duty with 27Sqn. 1917-08-16: Gray missing in RE-8, A 3856; on contact patrol Langemarck - Winnipeg road. His pilot, 2Lt Douglas Townsend, (British) was also missing. Both were later accepted as dead. Cenotaph at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver regional District, British Columbia, Canada MASONIC-*-*-152-0016