Eddie Grey

Joining the Police Stables he went on to become the first Ceylonese to head the unit as its OIC. On the morning of 22 March 1952 Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake was riding the police mare ‘Chitra’ on the Galle Face Green when he suffered a stroke and fell. He was accompanied by IGP Sir Richard Aluwihare, G.G. Ponnambalam and Inspector Eddie Gray at the time who took him to a nursing home, where he died several hours later.

A boxer he won his weight class at the Stubs Shield Boxing Meet for schools and retained the title of Light Weight Champion of Ceylon for many years. Gray was a member of the Ceylon contingent to the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where he competed in lightweight boxing competition and was a team mate of Duncan White, who won silver in the Men's 400 metres hurdles event. Gray went on to represent Ceylon in the lightweight boxing competition at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland.

Below are the results of Edward Gray, a lightweight boxer from Ceylon, who competed at the 1948 London Olympics:

Prior to his early retirement he served as the OIC of Colombo Fort police station. During his police service he received the Ceylon Police Medal for Meritorious Service, Defence Medal 1939-45, Ceylon Police Independence Medal and the Service Medal of the Order of St John. After his retirement he was an executive at Mercantile Credit until 1974 when he left for Australia.

Edward Ian Grey (21 December 1918 – 21 September 2004) was a Sri Lankan sportsman and a police officer. Gray was a former Inspector of Police (IP) and the first Ceylonese head of the Police Mounted Section. He also served as the Secretary of the National Olympic Committee of Ceylon.