(1917-11-02)November 2, 1917 Trail, British Columbia, Canada
Died
August 9, 1945(1945-08-09) (aged 27) Onagawa, Honshū, Japanese Empire
Allegiance
Canada
Service/branch
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Years of service
1940–45 †
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit
1841 Squadron, HMS Formidable
Battles/wars
Second World War
North African Campaign
Atlantic War
Operation Goodwood
Pacific War
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign
Battle of Okinawa
Air raids on Japan †
Awards
Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Cross Mentioned in Despatches (2)
Robert Hampton "Hammy" Gray, VC, DSC, RCNVR (November 2, 1917 – August 9, 1945) was a Canadian naval officer, pilot, and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC) during World War II, one of only two members of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm to have been thus decorated in that war. (The other was Eugene Esmonde, a British pilot.) Gray is the second to last Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
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