Basic Details
Surname
Bray
Forenames
B R
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Doctor
Alternative forename
Basil Richard
Served or died
Died
Notes
All extra information is has been provided by the College Archivist (see References) in response to an enquiry from the IWM, including this biographical detail: '(1932) Born 27 June 1914, 14 Burngreave Road, Sheffield; son of Frederick Richard Bray, Medical Practitioner, and Joan Jewell Willing; m Anthea Wolstenholme. Subject(s): Natural Sciences; BA 1935; MA 1939; MB 1939; BChir 1939; MRCS; LRCP. Tutor(s): R L Howland. Educ: Birkdale Preparatory School, Sheffield; The Leys School, Cambridge. Career: Surgeon Lieutenant, RNVR 1939–1941. Died 22 May 1941 (killed in action in HMS Greyhound, off Crete).'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1941
Month of death
May
Day of death
22
Age at death
26
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action