Bray, FW
(1895 - 1915)
Key Facts
DATE OF BIRTH:
25th August 1895
YEARS ATTENDED THE COLLEGE:
1908 - 1911
HOME ADDRESS WHEN AT THE COLLEGE:
17 Thornlaw Road, West Norwood
REGIMENT
21st (1st Surrey Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment
FINAL RANK:
Lance Corporal
DATE OF DEATH:
25th May 1915
AGE AT DEATH:
19
WHERE HE DIED (or was wounded)
Givenchy
LOCATION OF GRAVE OR MEMORIAL:
Le Touret Memorial. Panel 45
Lance Corporal Frederick William Bray
Frederick was the second child, and only son, of William Bray – a private tutor – and his wife Isabella. After leaving Dulwich in 1911 from the fifth form he entered the world of engineering, and also became a keen member of the Old Alleynians Club, even staying around during the summer months in order to help the Ground Staff.
Within a week of the declaration of War in early August 1914, Frederick had signed up as a member of the Surrey Rifles, being granted the position of Lance-Corporal and subsequently being sent to the Front in France with his regiment. On May 25th 1915 he was serving near Givenchy when he was killed in action.
