Thomas Gray, VC (17 May 1914 – 12 May 1940) was a British airman and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Wikipedia
File:Plaque marking Thomas Gray's birthplace at 39 Cornhill, London.JPG|thumb|Plaque marking Thomas Gray's birthplace at 39 Cornhill, London Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. Wikipedia
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