Oswald Stannus Gray

File:Oswald Gray Magnificent.jpg

Gray as an Midshipman in Magnificent, c. 1905.
From official officers' photograph in album of George Napier Tomlin.

Captain (retired) Oswald Stannus Gray, R.N. (7 August, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Brunswick, Victoria, the son of R. S. Gray, Esq..

Gray was appointed to the battleship Magnificent from 10 April 1905.

Gray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 February, 1909.

Gray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 28 February, 1917.

From March 1922 into 1938, Gray would hold a series of appointments in the Naval Ordnance Department. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 25 November, 1930.

World War II

From 1939, Gray worked in the Ordnance Inspection Department.

Gray was granted the confirmed rank of Captain upon his reversion to the Retired List on 8 August, 1948.

See Also

• Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Gunnery Duties, Third Destroyer Flotilla 27 Jun, 1914 – 1 Dec, 1915	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by ?	Fleet Gunnery Officer, East Indies c. Mar, 1921 – c. Jun, 1921	Succeeded by Patrick V. McLaughlin
Preceded by Hugh P. Middleton	Deputy Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance 25 Aug, 1936 – 3 Oct, 1938	Succeeded by ?