| First Name: | Robert |
| Last Name: | Gregory |
| Rank: | Major |
| Regiment: | 66th Royal Flying |
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| Place of Birth: | Coole Park |
| Place of Death: | Italy (Killed in Action) |
| Date of Death: | 23-Jan-18 |
| Age: | 37 |
| Additional Information: | Killed in Action 23 January 1918. Age 37. Supplementary Notes: Formerly of the Connaught Rangers. Awarded Military Cross & Legion of Honour. Son of the late Rt Hon. Sir William Gregory, KCMG, of Coole Park & Lady Augusta Gregory (nee Persse, daughter of the late Dudley Persse of Roxburgh House); husband of Graham Parry; father of Richard, Ann and Catherine Gregory. The Italian Air Force shot down his aircraft in error. William Butler Yeats wrote the poem An Irish Airman Forsees his death in memory of Robert Gregory. Buried: Padua Main Cemetery – Italy (A. 12). |
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Caption William Robert Gregory was the only child of William Henry Gregory and Lady Gregory. He was born in Coole Park County Galway in May of 1881. He grew up in both their Irish and English homes. He was educated at Harrow, Oxford University and the Slade School of Art.
ROBERT GREGORY. Rest in peace.
Padua Main Cemetery - Italy (A. 12.)