GROCOTT Richard

  • First Name(s):
    Richard 
  • Surname:
    GROCOTT
  • Service Number:
    20478
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th September 1915
  • Age At Death:
    31
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Turkey, Grave I. A. 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Selina Blanche Grocott, New St., Upton-on-Severn, Worcester

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GROCOTT Richard Is Named On These Memorials

Upton on Severn Memorial Hall
Upton on Severn St Peter and St Paul’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Upton on Severn Memorial Hall with the information: Pte

Further Information About GROCOTT Richard

The following report appears in the Upton News of 2nd October 1915:
Mr and Mrs Grocott, of New Street, who have six sons fighting for their King and Country, have heard from one of them, Pte. Fred Grocott, of the 4th Worcester Regiment, who is in the Dardanelles, that his brother Richard was killed on the 15th September, when trench digging at night.  The deceased, who leaves a wife and family, was killed instantly, but we understand official intimation has not yet been received by the bereaved parents.

A photograph of Private R. Grocott can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 16th October 1915, a further photograph of Private R. Grocott with his five brothers can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 6th November 1915, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Newspaper researched by Brian Hill.