Lieutenant Angus Douglas was born on December 11, 1895 in Port Credit, Ontario. He was the youngest son of John and Jessie Gray. His father was the president of the St. Lawrence Starch Company. Before enlisting in the army in 1915, Angus was a student at University College at the University of Toronto.
Gray went overseas to fight with the 4th Battalion of Peel. He was wounded in October 1916 and went back home to recover. But as soon as he had recovered in January 1917, Gray went back to the front lines. He received a Military Cross for his “conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.” An example of his devotion came when Gray and his machine gun battalion where under attack from German forces. Even after being shot in the forearm and having lost an eye, Gray stayed at his post and was rewarded with an Allied victory in the battle. Gray also fought in the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Vimy Ridge during his time with the army.
When Gray returned home after the war in 1918, he suffered a bout of pneumonia, which led to influenza, which eventually took his life. Lieutenant Angus Douglas Gray died on October 25, 1918, and is buried at Dixie Cemetery in Mississauga.
