Description
(British Army) First Day of the Somme 1 July 1916 – 1914-15 Star.
Named to Serjant Stanley Gray, service number 14107, 10th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 01 July 1916 at the First Day of the Somme.
Serjant Stanley Gray is buried at Gordon Dump Cemetery in Ovillers-La Boisselle at section IV. K.
-> https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/191123/s-gray/
The 1914-15 Star is on the reverse engraved with Cfl. S. Gray, York:r. and servicenumber 14107.
The medal comes with several pages of research.
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Background:
The First Day of the Battle of the Somme was to be the first mass offensive mounted by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the first battle to involve a large number of New Army divisions, many composed of Pals battalions that had formed after Kitchener’s call for volunteers in August 1914. In total this day 57,470 casualties suffered by the British, including 19,240 killed, which were the worst in the history of the British Army.
More background:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_day_on_the_Somme
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme
