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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Gray David Alexander
|Army number=38822
|Rank=Major
|Decorations=None known so far.
|Date of birth=2/10/1906.
|Age=76 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Battalion DLI 3/12/1927.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Attached to HQ 50th Division.  Posted 8th Bn DLI.  Served B.E.F.  Various staff appointments.  Relinquished Commission 11/9/1950 retaining the rank of Major.
|Company/Battery=Battalion HQ.
|Task or role=Battalion second-in-command.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939 on the establishment of the Battalion.
|Promotions=Lt 3/12/1930, Captain 25/3/1931, Major 10/5/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 16/8/1983.
|Home address=Son of A.J. Gray of Bowes House, Fencehouses, County Durham.  Worked as Agent for the Lambton Estates.
|Source table=11DLI
}}