| Emily Gray was the oldest daughter of James and Mary Gray. James Gray and Mary Marshall were married on 30th October 1878 in the district of Dungannon.
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| Emily Gray was born in Ballymagran area of Dungannon on 22nd July 1883. She was the third of at least seven children, all born in the Dungannon area.
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| Known family: James Gray, Mary Gray, James Gray (born 13th January 1880, died 4th May 1880?), Francis Gray (born 31st July 1881), Emily Gray (born 22nd July 1883), Anne Gray (born 24th December 1884), John Gray (born 2nd August 1886), James Gray (born 15th April 1888), Edith Gray (born 3rd July 1890).
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| By 1901, Emily’s father had died.
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| The 1901 census records Emily as 17 years old, living with family at Killynaul, Minterburn, County Tyrone. Emily had no occupation. Her mother Mary was a widow and a farmer.
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| The 1911 census shows 27 year old Emily still living with the family at Killynaul, Minterburn, Tyrone. Emily had no occupation, along with the rest of her siblings. The probably means they all worked on the farm.
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| By June 1917 Emily was at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, completing her midwifery training.
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| In November she updated the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service to say she was working in Eviene Nursing Home in Belfast.
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| Staff Nurse Emily Gray’s service with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service commenced on the 29th January 1918.
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| She was posted to Fargo Military Hospital at Salisbury. She served in England only.
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| In March 1918 she developed broncho-pneumonia and was off work for eleven weeks.
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| She stated that after she returned to work she had felt tired since.
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| In September she developed a chest cold with cough. She was diagnosed as having tuberculosis of the left lung.
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| She was treated at the Sisters Hospital, Vincent Square, London.
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| In November, there were plans to move her to a sanatorium for the long term ill.
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| Her condition deteriorated and Staff Nurse Emily Gray died on 16th January 1919 in London.
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| Emily’s remains were returned to Caledon by train, leaving London vie Euston Train Station.
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| Emily left no will, so her family were listed, along with their address at that time.
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| Emily's grave is located in the Minterburn Presbyterian Church Graveyard on the opposite side of the road to Minterburn Presbyterian Church. The grave / family plot can be found through the entrance gate, 1st grave on the left side of the gate and adjacent to roadside boundary wall.
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| Staff Nurse Emily Gray is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial.
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| Emily Gray is commemorated on the Queen Alexander's Royal Army Nursing Service memorial in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast.
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| Emily is also commemorated on the Queen Alexander’s Royal Army Nursing Service Memorial to the Sisters who lost their lives in the two world wars. The glass screens can be found in the North Transept of York Minster, England and are next to the Five Sisters Window.
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| It was reported by Mr Kenneth Farquar in August 2014 that in speaking to the Minister of the church, he was informed that the CWGC with agreement of his church were now going to put a CWGC marker on her grave.
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| The CWGC record Staff Nurse Emily Gray as the daughter of Mary Gray of Sherries Hill, Caledon, County Tyrone.
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