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Guardsman ERNEST GRINDLEY

Service Number: 24460
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

I. A. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Grindley; husband of Martha Wright (formerly Grindley), of Chapel Bank, Kelsall, Cheshire. Native of Tarvin, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription I OBEYED THE CALL OF DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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