Harold Gray was the eldest son of Robert and Edith Gray, and took over the family business R. Gray and Sons Coal Merchants, on his father's death.
His brother Bernard became a journalist and during the war was a noted War Correspondent, reporting on the retreat to Dunkirk and being the first to report from a bombing raid over Germany. He then went to report from North Africa and was last seen boarding a submarine, HMS Urge, from Malta. As he was not an official crew member, it took the family over a year to have him formally declared presumed dead. The wreck of HMS Urge was only finally confirmed to have happened off the coast of Malta in 2021. Divers found the bow had been blown off by a German mine.
After the war, Harold Gray sold the coal merchants, but retained the farm on the site of the former brickyard.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donington-on-Bain Outstation | Operator | Unknown | 20 Jul 1944 |
Coal merchant
In 1939 he was an ARP warden.