William George Gregory

William George Gregory was a Flight Sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, service number 901276. CWGC records his death on 29 September 1943, aged 22, and his burial at Hanover War Cemetery. The Gazette and RAFCommands award listings identify the same man with a Distinguished Flying Medal notice published in January 1944, after his death. Aircrew Remembered’s exact-name death index confirms the casualty identity. The broader web search found another William George Gregory in Merchant Navy memorial material, but that man had a different service, occupation, death date and age, so it has not been used here. No reliable web page was found that tied RAFVR 901276 to a particular aircraft or squadron narrative. This biography is therefore intentionally restrained: Gregory was a young RAFVR flight sergeant, killed in late September 1943, buried in Germany, and recognised by a posthumous DFM notice in the official awards record. These records tie the same name to the same service number, award trail and casualty date, reducing the risk of confusing him with another airman of similar name.