JOHN GEORGE GRIMLEY
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG”: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 26th December 1913, Great Stanmore, Middlesex.
Baptised: 8th March 1914, at St. John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore, Harrow, Middlesex. Parents – Annie Violet & Samuel George Grimley – a Chauffeur.
Died: 30th April 1941; Age: 27; of Cachexia, Cerebral Abscess and right side Hemiplegia, at St. Bartholomew’s Hill End Hospital, St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
Residence: 62, Windsor Road, Ipswich.
Employed as a Representative – Wholesale Grocers.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5832625.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment – Infantry.
Grave Reference:
Field of Honour.
C.31.40.
Ipswich.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Samuel George & Anne Grimley of 105, Westholme Road, Ipswich; husband of Ivy Doris Grimley, of Washbrook, Suffolk.
Brother-in-law to HORACE ALBERT CLARKE.
Father: Samuel George Grimley, born December 1877, Hill Ridware, Staffordshire. An Internal Combustion Engine Fitter.
Mother: Annie Violet Grimley (nee Brunger), born August 1892, Wittersham, Kent.
CENSUS
1921 43, Allenby Road, Ipswich.
John was 7 years & 6 months old. He attended School and lived with his parents and sister.
Samuel Grimley, 39 years & 8 months old, a Motor Mechanic for Eastern Counties Farmer Co. Association Ltd., of 86, Princes Street, Ipswich.
Annie Grimley, 29 years old, Home Duties.
Hilda Annie Grimley, 3 months old, born Ipswich.
In 1936, Ipswich, John married Ivy Doris Clarke, born October 1913, Ipswich – daughter of Charles Albert Clarke, a bricklayer, and Florence Caroline Clarke (nee Lockwood), of 36, Sirdar Road, Ipswich.
Ivy and John had one daughter.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939.
John was a Buyer’s Assistant. He and Ivy were living at 62, Windsor Road, Ipswich.
Probate to Ivy Doris Grimley – widow.
John is also remembered on the war memorial at Copdock & Washbrook Memorial, Suffolk.
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