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• Name RAY
• Initials EJ
• First name EDWARD JOHN
• Place of birth Birmingham
• Country West Midlands, England
• Last residence Hockley, Birmingham
• Family Husband of Ellen Grainger, of 2 Back, 42, Whitmore St., Hockley, Birmingham. They had three sons (Jack, Albert and Edward John) and one daughter, Lilly.
• Profession Wiredrawer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Birmingham
• Service number 46267
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 3rd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 7th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 25th Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Type of wounds Died of multiple shell wounds on both legs and thighs in n°3 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 4 September 1917
• Died at the age of 36
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XVIII - F - 13A

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