GRIMSBY George

  • First Name(s):
    George 
  • Surname:
    GRIMSBY
  • Service Number:
    7880
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th August 1916
  • Age At Death:
    32
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 5B.
  • Place of Birth:
    St Luke's, Cheltenham, enlisted Cheltenham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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GRIMSBY George Is Named On These Memorials

Upton on Severn St Peter and St Paul’s Church

Further Information About GRIMSBY George

George Grimsby is listed in the Upton News Pro Patria Mori section of 20th January 1918 as resident at Longdon Heath.

The 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment were in trenches West of High Wood (Somme) from 20th to 27th August 1916.  “The shell fire suffered by the Battalion was unexampled in the history of the Regiment.”

Source: The Gloucestershire Regiment in the War 1914-1918 by Everard Wyrall.  The book also has a map and further information. Casualties in this period were 46 killed and 141 wounded.

George Grimsby has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Additional information researched and transcribed by Brian Hill.