Hector Gray Military person

Flight Lieutenant Hector Bertram Gray GC AFM (1911–1943) of the Royal Air Force, and member of the British Army Aid Group, was posthumously awarded the George Cross for "most conspicuous gallantry" in resisting torture after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1941.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 06, 1911
Birth place
Gillingham Kent
Date of deathDecember 18, 1943
Place of death
Sham Shui Po Barracks
Resting place
Stanley Military Cemetery

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Military person

award
George Cross
Air Force Medal
military operations
World War II
Battle of Hong Kong
military unit
British Army Aid Group
service number
44061
561238

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