David Stanley WRAY

David Stanley WRAY. Reserve Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and ex Ulster Defence Regiment. Killed of duty 30 May 1979 aged 50 at Seven Tree Road, Londonderry City, occupation was a Fibre operator (Du Pont) He was shot by the IRA as he got out of his car on his way to Claremont Presbyterian Church on the Northland Road. The murder took place in front of his teenage son and daughter. He was hit in the back when at least two gunmen opened fire. He had survived an earlier attack in 1976 when he was hit in the chest. The funeral took place at Glendermott Presbytreian Church where Stanley had been married. Three men from the City received life sentences for the murder. A fourth escaped a life sentence because he was under age at the time of the killing. The wife of Stanley Wray was one of five security force widows who were the subject of an hour-long documentary on American television in 1981. Stanley Wray was a serving member of the RUCR when he was murdered, He had formerly been a Private in the Ulster Defence Regiment.

He is dedicated on a Memorial Tree Plaque at the UDR Memorial, Ulster Ash Grove, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas Staffordshire

Photograph credited to Find a Grave.

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