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Hector Gray
Born(1911-06-06)6 June 1911
Gillingham, Kent, England
Died18 December 1943(1943-12-18) (aged 32)
Sham Shui Prison Camp, Japanese-occupied Hong Kong
Buried
Stanley Military Cemetery
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
RankFlight lieutenant
Service number561238
44061
UnitBritish Army Aid Group
Battles/warsSecond World War
  • Pacific War
    • Battle of Hong Kong  (POW)
    • Japanese occupation of Hong Kong  Executed
AwardsGeorge Cross
Air Force Medal

Hector Bertram Gray, GC, AFM (6 June 1911 – 18 December 1943) was an officer of the Royal Air Force, and a member of the British Army Aid Group, who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for "most conspicuous gallantry" in resisting torture after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1941.[1]

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