Description:Reverend Reay, M.C., M.Sc. became a chaplain with the army in France during the First World War. He is pictured here wearing his army uniform. He was decorated for rescuing wounded men from 'No Man's Land' whilst under fire. After the war he conducted the first services at the Military Cemetery on Cannock Chase. Later the services lapsed until being revived by Cannock Chase Military Historical Society. Under the Society the popularity of the services grew so large that the British Legion took over their organization. The services are now the largest to commemmorate ANZAC Day outside Australia and New Zealand.
Rev. Reay became Rector of Bingham, Nottingham in 1933. He died at Darlington in 1955 aged 74.