Roger Ernest Bray

[1] In 1919, Bray became the primary spokesman for thousands of World War I returned soldiers dissatisfied with the government during the Winnipeg General Strike in Manitoba, Canada.

Though apparently not an initial member of top strike leadership, Bray was a persuasive orator and by mid-June 1919 the Winnipeg Royal North West Mounted Police considered Bray "the most dangerous person in the City.”[2] He was arrested with other strike leaders on June 17, 1919 on multiple charges of seditious conspiracy but later acquitted of almost all charges.

[2] Born in Sheffield, England on 19 November 1875, Roger was the oldest son of Nicholas Bray Jr., a second generation silver chaser.

[4] Upon the death of his father, Roger left school to help provide for his widowed mother, five older sisters and three younger brothers.

[12] It was evident that some of the elites had made a tremendous amount of money off of the war but wages had changed little for workers and jobs were sparse for returning soldiers.