Jim 1942, Takoradi, Ghana.

Photographs courtesy of Peter.

JIM

Born: 14th April 1919, Wivenhoe, Essex.

Died: 11th October 1942; Age: 22.

Rank: Corporal; Service Number: 541894

Regiment: Royal Air Force.

Grave Reference:

Grave 23.

Takoradi European Public Cemetery,

Ghana.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of George Alfred & Amelia Elizabeth Grainger, of Ipswich.

                                                                                   George & Amelia, Mary, James, Bertie, Walter & Dorothy Grainger.

Father: George Alfred Grainger, born August 1885, Hammersmith, London – died 1945, Ipswich.

Mother: Amelia Elizabeth Grainger (nee Avis), born September 1885, Lexden, Essex.

ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939.

James was living with his parents, brother & twin sister at their family home – 39, Benacre Road, Ipswich.

George, a Wood Machinist. During the Second World War George was an Air Raid Warden.

Amelia, unpaid Domestic Duties.

Walter George Grainger, a Confectioner & Cake Maker, born August 1915, Wivenhoe.

Amelia Mary Grainger, born 14th April 1919, Wivenhoe.

James Grainger, Walter Grainger & Bertie Avis.