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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Gray was the youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel M. A. Gray of Bedford.<ref>"Deaths" (Deaths).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 21 November, 1914.  Issue '''40703''', col B, p. 1.</ref>  He was among those killed at the [[Battle of Coronel]] on 1 November, 1914, while serving in [[H.M.S. Good Hope (1901)|H.M.S. ''Good Hope'']].
Gray was the youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel M. A. Gray of Bedford.<ref>"Deaths" (Deaths).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 21 November, 1914.  Issue '''40703''', col B, p. 1.</ref>
 
Promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 July, 1907.
 
Gray was appointed to the {{UK-GoodHope|f=tp}} as assistant navigator in August, 1914. He was among those killed when the ship was lost at the [[Battle of Coronel]] on 1 November, 1914.


==See Also==
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Revision as of 14:39, 12 December 2018

Lieutenant Gordon Evelyn Eliott Gray, Royal Navy (19 December, 1887 – 1 November, 1914) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Gray was the youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel M. A. Gray of Bedford.[1]

Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 July, 1907.

Gray was appointed to the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Good Hope as assistant navigator in August, 1914. He was among those killed when the ship was lost at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, 1914.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ernald G. H. Master
Captain of H.M.S. A 4
11 Jan, 1911[2] – mid 1911
Succeeded by
Geoffrey S. White
Preceded by
Samuel M. G. Gravener
Captain of H.M.S. C 10
25 Jul, 1911[3] – 10 Aug, 1912[Inference]
Succeeded by
George C. Street

 

Footnotes

  1. "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Saturday, 21 November, 1914. Issue 40703, col B, p. 1.
  2. The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 344.
  3. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 385.