George Ray
Place of birth: Hammersmith, London, England
Previous occupation: Training Ship Shaftesbury
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Service Number: 217709
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Chief Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 6th January 1926 (Chief Petty Officer)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
16th October 1901 | 23rd July 1902 | Impregnable | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
24th July 1902 | 27th March 1903 | Impregnable | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
28th March 1903 | 22nd June 1903 | Agincourt | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd June 1903 | 26th May 1904 | Empress of India | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th May 1904 | 7th June 1904 | Vivid I | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
8th June 1904 | 8th June 1904 | Vivid I | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
9th June 1904 | 25th May 1905 | Minerva | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
26th May 1905 | 10th September 1906 | Minerva | Able Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th September 1906 | 17th November 1906 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th November 1906 | 27th May 1907 | Cambridge | Able Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
28th May 1907 | 6th June 1907 | Commonwealth | Able Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th June 1907 | 27th August 1907 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
28th August 1907 | 24th May 1909 | Commonwealth | Able Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
25th May 1909 | 9th August 1909 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th August 1909 | 1st August 1910 | Majestic | Able Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd August 1910 | 10th January 1911 | Cornwallis | Able Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th January 1911 | 12th August 1912 | Cornwallis | Leading Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
13th August 1912 | 27th January 1913 | Vivid I | Leading Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
28th January 1913 | 16th January 1914 | Impregnable | Leading Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th January 1914 | 3rd March 1914 | Doris | Leading Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
4th March 1914 | 31st July 1914 | Tamar | Leading Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st August 1914 | 6th September 1917 | Tamar (Virago) | Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th September 1917 | 4th November 1917 | Euryalus (Bombay Depot) | Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th November 1917 | 21st January 1919 | Penelope | Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
22nd January 1919 | 31st January 1919 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st February 1919 | 30th November 1919 | Powerful | Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st December 1919 | 30th November 1920 | Impregnable | Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st December 1920 | 12th February 1921 | Impregnable | Chief Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
13th February 1921 | 11th April 1921 | Vivid I | Chief Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
12th April 1921 | 21st July 1922 | Cambrian | Chief Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
22nd July 1922 | 19th September 1922 | Vivid I | Chief Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
20th September 1922 | 17th April 1923 | Impregnable | Chief Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th April 1923 | 14th May 1923 | Vivid I | Chief Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th May 1923 | 6th January 1926 | Hood | Chief Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th January 1926 | 9th June 1926 | Vivid I | Chief Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
28th September 1938 | 4th October 1938 | Drake II (Mob) | Chief Petty Officer | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
4th October 1938 | 20th November 1939 | Demobilised | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/253 |
21st November 1939 | 10th September 1941 | Drake I | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/253 |
11th September 1941 | 3rd December 1943 | Glendower | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/253 |
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Memorials
No known memorials
No known memorials
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea