A ceremony at the Trail cenotaph on Friday marked the 80th anniversary of Robert Hampton Gray's death. (Greg Nesteroff/Vista Radio)
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Lt. Robert Hampton Gray remembered in Trail

Greg Nesteroff
By Greg Nesteroff

Lt. Robert Hampton Gray was remembered in the city of his birth Friday, a day before the 80th anniversary of his death during the Second World War.

A ceremony at the cenotaph in Trail heard speeches from mayor Colleen Jones, MP Rob Morrison, and MLA Steve Morissette, which you can listen to in full below.

Gray, who was raised in Nelson, died leading an aerial attack on a Japanese destroyer in Onagawa Bay, Japan. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the last Canadian to receive the decoration.

Saturday has been declared Lt. Robert Hampton Gray Day by Trail, Victoria, Esquimalt, Vancouver, and Halifax, where the Royal Canadian Navy will formally name their sixth Arctic offshore patrol ship, HMCS Robert Hampton Gray.

Gray is remembered in many ways across Canada, in monuments, place names, and schools.

Colleen Jones

Rob Morrison

Steve Morissette

Ceremony at the Trail cenotaph marking the 80th anniversary of Robert Hampton Gray’s death.
Cadets at the ceremony at the Trail cenotaph marking the 80th anniversary of Robert Hampton Gray’s death.
Mayor Colleen Jones lays a wreath.
MP Rob Morrison lays a wreath.
Trail Legion president Glenn Hodge lays a wreath.

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Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He has recently published a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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