GRAINGER John Henry

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    GRAINGER
  • Service Number:
    PO1304S
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Marine Light Infantry
  • Naval Division:
    Royal Naval Division
  • Unit:
    190th Brigade Machine Gun Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, France, Grave VI. H. 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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GRAINGER John Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Dudley St Augustine of Hippo Church Holly Hall
Dudley St Augustine of Hippo WW1 Memorial

Further Information About GRAINGER John Henry

1901 Census
24 Church Street, Kingswinford, Pensnett
George Grainger, head, age 25, Blacksmith, born Harts Hill, Staffordshire
Florence Grainger, wife, age 23, born Harts Hill, Staffordshire (Military records only list Florence as living at 4, Vine Street, Harts Hill)
John H. Grainger, son, age 4, born Harts Hill, Staffordshire
Florence Grainger, dau, age 2, born Harts Hill, Staffordshire (Listed as Next of Kin on Death Records)
George H Kitchen, brother-in-law, age 34, Labourer
Edith Kitchen, sister-in-law, age 14, Domestic Servant

Embarked Royal Marine Brigade on 29th May 1916; Draft for British Expeditionary Force on 3rd September 1916.

Awarded Victory and British War Medals.

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Credits: Researched by James Taylor.