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| Name: | Robert George GAY1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Robert George GAY (1851-1893) |
| Mother: | Mary Ann AVERY (1849-1890) |
| Birth | 15 Jul 1873 | Mile End Old Town, London, England3,9,10,11,12,13,14 |
| Baptism | 3 Aug 1873 (age 0) | Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England |
| Address: St James the Great | ||
| Residence | 1881 (age 7-8) | Mile End Old Town, London, England15,16 |
| Relation to Head of House: Son | ||
| Residence | 1891 (age 17-18) | Heston, Middlesex, England17 |
| Residence | 1914 (age 40-41)18 | |
| Relation to Head of House: Self | ||
| Occupation | 19 Oct 1915 (age 42) | Private in Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion; Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Service # 21113, Saw action in FRA and Flanders | ||
| Death | 3 Jul 1916 (age 42) | Somme, Picardie, France3,6,19 |
| Memorialised on Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 1 C and 2A (Commonwealth War Graves Commission site). Was awarded "1914 15 Star"- medal, Victory medal and British medal according to medal card. | ||
| Burial | France6,20 | |
Born July-Sept 1873 Mile End 1c 544
1881 census- living with father, mother and siblings at Sidney Street, Mile End, age 7
Service # 21113 Rank: Private, Suffolk Regiment, 7th Battalion. Enlisted in Bury St. Edmund's on 19/10/1915. Saw action in FRA and Flanders Memorialized on Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 1 C and 2A (Commonwealth War Graves Commission site). Was awarded "1914 15 Star"- medal, Victory medal and British medal
According to medal card presumed unmarried as sister Miriam Elizabeth Gay Love given as next of kin queried rootschat re: barracks July 22, 2007
| 1 | Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "1881 England Census" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). Class: RG11; Piece: 483; Folio: 157; Page: 61; GSU roll: 1341106. |
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Citation 1: ""
| 2 | Ancestry.com, "London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). |
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| 3 | Military-Genealogy.com, comp, "UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). |
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| 4 | FreeBMD, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). |
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| 5 | Ancestry.com, "UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Commonwealth War Graves Commission; London, United Kingdom; Thiepval. |
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| 6 | Ancestry.com, "Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). |
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| 7 | Ancestry.com, "1891 England Census" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Class: RG12; Piece: 1025; Folio: 157; Page: 12; GSU roll: 6096135. |
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| 8 | Ancestry.com, "British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). WO364; Piece: 1324. |
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| 9 | Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "1881 England Census" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). Class: RG11; Piece: 483; Folio: 157; Page: 61; GSU roll: 1341106. |
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| 10 | Ancestry.com, "London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). |
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| 11 | FreeBMD, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). |
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| 12 | Ancestry.com, "UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Commonwealth War Graves Commission; London, United Kingdom; Thiepval. |
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| 13 | Ancestry.com, "1891 England Census" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Class: RG12; Piece: 1025; Folio: 157; Page: 12; GSU roll: 6096135. |
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| 14 | Ancestry.com, "British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). WO364; Piece: 1324. |
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| 15 | Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "1881 England Census" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). Class: RG11; Piece: 483; Folio: 157; Page: 61; GSU roll: 1341106. |
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| 16 | Ancestry.com, "London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). |
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| 17 | Ancestry.com, "1891 England Census" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Class: RG12; Piece: 1025; Folio: 157; Page: 12; GSU roll: 6096135. |
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| 18 | Ancestry.com, "British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). WO364; Piece: 1324. |
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| 19 | Ancestry.com, "UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Commonwealth War Graves Commission; London, United Kingdom; Thiepval. |
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| 20 | Ibid. Commonwealth War Graves Commission; London, United Kingdom; Thiepval. |
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