[GREY, Private on the memorial] Air Mechanic 1st Class 219793, Royal Naval Air Service from 24 August 1916 then transferred 1 April 1918 to 214th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in enemy bomb raid 6 June 1918. Born 8 November 1897 in Bishop;s Hull, Taunton, Somerset. Son of Henry Gray, of Bishop's Hull, Taunton. Coil Winder by trade. Height 5 feet 8½ inches, chest 36 inches, hair fair, eyes blue, complexion fresh. Buried in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 27.

Percy John GRAY birth was registered in the October to December Quarter 1897 in the Taunton Registration District. In the 1901 census Percy GREY was the son of Henry and Sarah GRAY, aged 3, born Bishop's Hull, resident Bishop's Hull. In the 1911 a Percy GRAY was the son of Henry and Sarah GRAY, a Newspaper Boy, aged 13, born Bishop's Hull, resident 4 Hamwood Terrace, Bishop's Hull, Taunton. Percy John GRAY, born 8 November 1897 in Taunton, attested for the Royal Flying Corps 24 August 1916, and enetered the service with a service numner of 219793. At the time of enlistment he his occupation was Coil Winder. In 1917 Percy J GRAY married Gladys S Evans in the April to June Quarter in the Taunton Registration District.

Lance Corporal 7941, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 12 May 1915. Aged 27. Born and resident Bishops Hull, enlisted Taunton. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 20.

Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action 16 September 1916. Aged 32. Awarded the Order of St. Sava 5th Class (Serbia). Son of Charles and Ellen Smith; husband of Ethel Bertha Smith (nee Terry), of 5, Evelyn Court, Cheltenham. Buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, Somme, France. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 15.

Extract from British Army, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918:

SMITH, CHARLES EDGAR HOLTON, L.R.C.P.S. (Edin.), L.F.P.S. (Glas.), Captain. attd. to the Highland Light Infantry, eldest s. of the late Charles Smith, of Hall. Taunton, co. Somerset, by his wife, Ellen (Rose Cottage. Wellington, co. Somerset), dau. of John Holton, of Lincoln ; b. Banbridge, co. Down, 5 June, 1884 ; educ. Lausanne ; Neuwied, and Chigwell School, co. Essex, also at the Edinburgh University, and qualifiedfor Medicine in 1911. After filling the pasts of House Surgeon and House Physician at the East Suffolk Hospital at Ipswich, and acting in 1912 as Second Surgeon of the British Red Crescent Hospital in Tripoli in the late Italo-Turkish War, he went into practice at High Green, Cannock, co Stafford ; gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C. 1 Nov. 1914, and Capt. a year later ; was a member of the British Medical Mission to Serbia in 1915, and was awarded the Order of St. Sava, 5th class : served with the Expeditionary Force in France front 3 April, 1916, and was killed in action at Martinpuich 16 Sept. following. Buried in the Villa Wood Cemetery, Contalmaison. Colonel Pollock, A. D.M.S. 15th Division, wrote : " He was a keen and gallant officer, who did his duty thoroughly and nobly without thinking of his own safety or sparing himself in any way. His death is a great loss to this division," and Lieut.-Col. R. F. Forbes : "I can assure you his loss is keenly felt by the regiment, for since he joined us at Le Biset he has always worked hard, for any man shot came under his care, and by his attention has saved many badly wounded." Another officer wrote : " Capt.. Smith was an exceptionally gallant and efficient officer, and was extremely popular with all ranks, and his loss is very deeply felt by the battalion," and the Chaplaln : " The sad occurrence has occasioned universal regret amongst all ranks here. He was a universal favourite—for his personal qualities and for his medical skill." He was awarded the Order of St. Sava, 5th Class, by His Majesty the King of Serbia [London Gazette, 16 May, 19161, for distinguished services during tile campaign of 1915. He m. at Prestbury Parish Church, 30 Dec. 1912, Ethel Bertha (High Green, Cannock, co. Stafford), dau. of Henry Warwick Terry, and had two children: Charles .Warwick Bowman, b. 2 May, 1915 and Yvonne Muriel, b. 12 Oct. 1913.

Able Seaman D/J 43823, H.M.S. Matabele, Royal Navy. Died when his ship was torpedoed by U-454 17 January 1942. Aged 41. Son of Charlie and Mary Legge; husband of Florence Elsie Legge, of Bishop's Hull Within, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 18.

Note - extract from uboat.net: At 22.21 hours on 17 January 1942 HMS Matabele (G 26) (Cdr A.C. Stanford, DSC, RN), escorting convoy PQ-8, was hit by one torpedo from U-454 in the stern, which caused her magazines to blow up and the ship sank within two minutes off Kola Inlet. The survivors were unable to release the Carley floats because they were frozen in their lashings and had to jump overboard. Some of them were killed when the depth charges of the sinking destroyer detonated, but the most died of hypothermia in the icy water before they could be rescued. Only two of the four men picked up by HMS Harrier (J 71) (Capt E.P. Hinton, DSO, RN) survived.

The U-boat had reported an earlier hit on a destroyer at 18.54 hours and a previous shot that missed. All attacks were probably against the same destroyer.