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Surname: GRIMSTON
Forename(s): Harry
Place of Birth: Low Laithe, Hartwith, Yorkshire
Service No: 267211
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 34
Date of Death: 1918-05-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XX. B. 6.
CWGC Cemetery: BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CONONLEY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KILDWICK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harry Grimston was the son of George and Louisa Grimston, née Dale. George was born at Dacre Banks and Louisa at Low Laithe, Hartwith, Yorkshire.
1891 Low Laithe, Hartwith, Yorkshire: Harry Grimstone, aged 9 years, born Hartwith [Parish], Yorkshire, son of George and Louisa Grimstone.
1901 Low Laithe, Hartwith, Yorkshire Census: Harry Grimston, aged 19 years, born Low Laithe, son of Louisa Grimston, widow.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: Longroyd Farm - Harry Grimstone, aged 28 years, born Hartwith Parish, Yorkshire. [Harry was boarding with his aunt and uncle, Tom and Annie Petty, née Dale.]
Harry was married to Hannah Green in 1916. Hannah married James P. Madden in 1927.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harry Grimston, 267211, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Harry Grimston, 267211, 2/6 W. Rid. R.; 2/4 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 24.5.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Harry Grimston, 267211, 2/4th Bn W. Riding Regt. Date and Place of Death: 24.5.18. In action. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Hannah. £4 5s. 7d. Self and child. War Gratuity: Widow - Hannah. £3 3s. 4d. O.S.B. Child - Nellie. £6 6s. 8d. Born 15.7.16.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Harry. Name(s) on card(s): [1] Widow: Hannah Grimston, born 27.10.86. Date of Marriage: 29.1.16. Address: 7, Ethel Street, Ellers, Sutton-in-Craven. Names of Children eligible for Allowance: Rosie Green, born 6.5.11. Alex Green, born 28.7.13. Nellie, born 15.7.16. [Hannah was paid the allowance for Rosie]. No. for whom S.A. is paid: 3. S.A. stopped on account of misconduct. [2] Guardian: Miss E. Grimston [was paid the allowance for Alex and Nellie]. Address: Aireside, Cononley, Crosshills. [3] Dependant: Miss Mary Keegan. Relationship: Guardian of Illegitimate Child. Address: 8, Back Victoria Terrace, Bolton Road, Bradford. [4] Master Bernard Keegan. Address: 8, Back Victoria Terrace, Bolton Road, Bradford.
The 1921 Census shows that Mary Keegan, single, aged 40 years, born Widnes, Lancashire and her son Bernard, aged 11 years, born Bradford, were living with sister Sarah Keegan at 8, Back Victoria Terrace, Bradford.
The 1921 Census shows that Alex and Nellie (see above) were living with their grandmother Louisa Grimston and her children at Aireside, Cononley near Keighley. The 1939 Register shows that Hannah, her husband James P. Madden and Hannah’s daughter Rosie Green, surname later: Smith, were living at 26, Cross Street, Skipton.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
GRIMSTON, Harry, West Riding Regiment, Aireside, [Cononley], killed in action 1918.
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Private Harry GRIMSTON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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07 June 1918
Private H. Grimston, Cononley
On Wednesday morning, Mrs. Grimston, of Aireside, Cononley, received official notice that her son, Private Harry Grimston, of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, had been killed by the bursting of a shell on a dug-out in which he and another man were sleeping. He leaves a wife and two little children, and much sympathy is felt for his family in their sad loss. Mrs. Grimston had two other sons in the Army, Willie and Walter, and another son is appearing this week before the Medical Board.
In a letter to his mother, his Commanding Officer says:– “He has not been with me very long, but in that time he had proved himself one of my best men and one whom I shall find it hard to replace. He was greatly liked and will be missed by all the company, and it is on their behalf and my own that I ask you to accept our deepest sympathy in your sad loss.”
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07 June 1918
GRIMSTON – Killed in action, Pte. Harry Grimston, West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. Grimston, Aireside, Cononley.
07 June 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Cononley Soldier Killed
On Wednesday morning Mrs. Grimston, of Aireside, Cononley, received official notice that her son, Pte. Harry Grimston, of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, was killed by the bursting of a shell on a dugout in which he and another man were sleeping. He leaves a wife and two little children, and much sympathy is felt for the family in their sad loss. Mr. Grimston has two other sons in the army, Willie and Walter, and another son is appearing this week before the Medical Board. In a letter to his mother, his commanding officer says:– “He has not been with me very long, but in that time he had proved himself one of my best men, and one whom I shall find hard to replace. He was greatly liked, and will be missed by all the company, and it is on their behalf and my own that I ask you to accept our deepest sympathy in your sad loss.”
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