Arthur Ray

1881 - 1916  (35 years)

• Name	Arthur Ray
  Birth	1881	Pilsley, Derbyshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Blackwell, Derbyshire, England   [2]
  	Address: West Pastures
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Tibshelf, Derbyshire, England   [3]
  	Address: St Thomas' Row
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [3]
  	Coal miner (loader)
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Tibshelf, Derbyshire, England   [4]
  	Address: 55 St Thomas' Row
  Death	6 Sep 1916	France   [5, 6]
  	Name: Arthur Ray Age: 34 Birth year: 1881 Birth town: Pilsley Birth county: Derbyshire Service number: 16/27481 Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Unit/Battalion: 16th Battalion Year: 1915 Series: WO 363 Series description: Wo 363 - First World War Service Records "Burnt Documents"
  Commemorated	Abt 1919	Tibshelf, Derbyshire, England   [7, 8]
  	Ray, Arthur Memorial Tibshelf (WMR 14262) Tibshelf Derbyshire St John the Baptist Church Tibshelf, Bolsover, Derbyshire Stone cross mounted on stone plinth.
  Burial	Gézaincourt, Somme, France   [6]
  	Name: Ray, Arthur Age at death: 35 Date of death: 6 Sep 1916 Rank: Private Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Unit: 16th Bn. Burial: France Cemetery: Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension Grave ref: II. C. 7. Additional info: Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Ray of 55 St. Thomas's Row, Tibshelf. Alfreton, Derbyshire
  Person ID	I13842	Gilbert
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Leonard Ray,   b. 1858, Grassmoor, Derbyshire, England d. 1935, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Annie Rigby,   b. 1858, Spring Cottage, Leicestershire, England d. 1932, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1879	Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
  Family ID	F9142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1881 - Pilsley, Derbyshire, England Residence - Address: West Pastures - 5 Apr 1891 - Blackwell, Derbyshire, England Residence - Address: St Thomas' Row - 31 Mar 1901 - Tibshelf, Derbyshire, England Residence - Address: 55 St Thomas' Row - 2 Apr 1911 - Tibshelf, Derbyshire, England Death - 6 Sep 1916 - France Commemorated - Abt 1919 - Tibshelf, Derbyshire, England Burial - - Gézaincourt, Somme, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  RAY, Arthur: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for Arthur RAY. He was a Private in the Notts and Derby Regiment. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Wray, Arthur; Mother's Maiden Surname: Rigby; GRO Reference: 1881 S Quarter in CHESTERFIELD Volume 07B Page 622 (accessed 6 Oct 2020). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Ray, Arthur; Birth year: 1882; Birth town: Pilsley; Birth county: Derbyshire; Reg dist: Mansfield; Parish: Blackwell; Town: Tibshelf; County: Derbyshire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2650; Folio: 56; Page: 1 (accessed 6 Oct 2020). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Ray, Arthur; Birth year: 1882; Birth town: Pilsley; Birth county: Derbyshire; Reg dist: Mansfield; Parish: Tibshelf (Derby); Town: Tibshelf; County: Derbyshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 3135; Folio: 17; Page: 25 (accessed 6 Oct 2020). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Ray, Arthur; Birth year: 1882; Birth place: Hardstoft Lane Pilsley; Reg dist: Mansfield; Parish: Tibshelf; County: Derbyshire; Ref: RG14PN20300 RG78PN1217 RD428 SD3 ED1 SN74 (accessed 6 Oct 2020). [S299] British Army Service Records (FindMyPast), Ray, Arthur; Birth year: 1881; Service number: 16/27481; Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment); Birth county: Derbyshire (accessed 6 Oct 2020). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Ray, Arthur; Service number: 27481; Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment); Cemetery or memorial: Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension; First World War (accessed 6 Oct 2020). [S382] War Memorials Register (FindMyPast), Ray, Arthur; Death year: 1916; County: Derbyshire; Country: England (accessed 17 Dec 2020). [S383] War Memorials Register (Imperial War Museum - IWM), Ray, Arthur; Memorial county: Derbyshire; Memorial town: Tibshelf (accessed 17 Dec 2020).