Westward Ho! Family

It was no surprise to Mr and Mrs J W Gray, of ‘Tidworth’, Atlantic Way, Westward Ho! when, one after another, their two sons and daughter found jobs that put them in uniform.

John, at 21 the ‘baby’ is a corporal in the RAF Police. He is now serving in the Overseas Command at Sharjah, in the Trucial Oman States, Persian Gulf.

After completing an apprenticeship at Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd, Robert, joined the Merchant Navy in 1967. Robert’s wife Marion and daughter, Sally Anne, also live at Tidworth.

Carole left Stella Maris School at the age of 16 and worked at the offices of Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd before joining the police in 1966.

Gazette article dated 17 April 1970