H. W. Ray
Service no. 42425
Private, Lancashire Fusiliers, 10th Battalion
Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Lambeth
Died on 26 September 1917, aged 19
CWGC: “Son of Daniel David and Catherine Ray, of 9, St Andrews Place, Windmill Street, New Cut, Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France
This is a tentative identification. There was an H. Ray (Private, Middlesex Regiment) who was born in Battersea and died on 26 March 1918.
Information from the censuses
Henry Ray, 13, was at school in 1911. He lived with his family at 17 Mary’s Buildings, Tanswell Street, north Lambeth, where the family of nine had four rooms. Daniel D. Ray, Henry’s father, was 40 and worked as a costermonger. He was born in Southwark. Catherine Ray, 39, was from Ireland. The couple had eight surviving children (of nine), of whom seven were at home:
Daniel P. Ray, 17, a costermonger
George Ray, 15, a news boy (sold newspapers)
Henry Ray, 13
Mary Ann Ray, 11
Margaret Ray, 8
Catherine Ray, 6
William Ray, 3
All were born in Southwark.