GREY, JESS VICTOR

Assigned to the regiment on April 4, 1941. Original member.

Among the first to land in France with the 4th Canadian Armoured Division.

Died of wounds.

“About 1900 hrs our Sgt. Jess V. Grey was over to our section when a civilian told us that two Jerries were walking across the field to surrender. The Sergeant, while unarmed went out to meet them. Calling the Bren gunner and one man with a Sten I went out with him to give him protection but we couldn’t find the Jerries. We came back and tried to find the civilian. With the Bren gunner I reported to B.H.Q. and Col. Dave Stewart and said someone was trying to pull our leg and not to pay any attention. Meanwhile the gunner needed First Aid for a small wound so stayed at B.H.Q. and I, thinking the Sgt. and the other man had gone back to the Platoon, was about to go back myself when I heard a burst from what sounded like a Schmeisser. It came from the position we had just searched. Running out to the position I found both the Sgt. and Duke had taken cover in a ditch, the Sgt. being wounded in the chest. Leaving them comparatively safe in the ditch I run back for the Stretcher-bearers. Jerry must have seen me running in the open because he bracketed me with four mortar bombs that nearly were the end of me. Picking up the bearers at C.H.Q. and also taking the Bren gunner with me we went back to pick up the Sgt. and brought him in. He died at the R.A.P.” (source: Argylls.ca)

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