In Memory Of

GRAY, ARTHUR GEORGE

Service Details
Age:
 37
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 G/50411
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 11th Bn.
Regiment:
 Royal Fusiliers
Date of Death:
 1916-11-18
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 VIII. D. 27.
Cemetery:
 CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of William and Jane Gray. Husband of Rose Maud Gray. Born Climping, Sussex, in 1879. Littlehampton golf club was in Climping parish where Gray learnt his golf. Five of Arthur's brothers were also professional golfers. His older brother Ernest finished tied for 5th in the 1905 Open Championship. Gray played in the 1899 and 1900 Open Championships with little success, failing to make the cut on both occasions. At this time he was the professional at Surbiton golf club. He was still at Surbiton when he played in the first Tooting Bec Cup in 1901. By 1903 he was professional at Gravesend golf club when he competed in the first News of the World Matchplay. In the 36-hole southern section qualifying tournament he scored 146 to take one of the 16 qualifying places in an entry of 78. In the final stages he won his first round match before losing 2&1 to J.H. Taylor in the last-16 round. Gray then moved to South Africa, becoming the professional at Port Elizabeth golf club. He played in the South African Open from 1904 to 1910, winning the event in 1905 and 1906 and being runner-up in 1904 and 1910. Soon after returning from South Africa, Gray played in the 1910 Open Championship while at Littlehampton golf club. In 1911 he became the professional at Colchester golf club. In the Open Championship that year he qualified but missed the cut by a single stroke. In the 1912 Championship he made the cut and finished in a tie for 48th place.