Robert Hampton Gray Military person

Robert Hampton "Hammy" Gray VC, DSC (November 2, 1917 – August 9, 1945) was a Canadian naval officer, pilot, and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC) during World War II, one of only two members of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm to have been thus decorated in that war.

Personal facts

Robert Hampton Gray
Birth dateNovember 02, 1917
Birth place
British Columbia , Canada
Date of deathAugust 09, 1945
Place of death
Japan

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Military person

allegianceCanada
award
Mentioned in dispatches
Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)
Victoria Cross
military operations
Battle of Okinawa
North African Campaign
World War II
German battleship Tirpitz
Air raids on Japan
military branch
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
military unit
No. 1841 Naval Air Squadron
service start1940
service end1945

Robert Hampton Gray on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/gal/vcg-gcv/bio/gray-rh-eng.asp
  2. http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2006/03/valour-in-the-navy
  3. http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/archives/articles/local-heroes/lieutenant-hampton-gray
  4. http://www.phideltatheta.org/famousphis/military/CMOH/gray.html
  5. http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/34/language/en-CA/The-Last-Canadian-VC--Robert-Hampton-Gray.aspx