PHILIP JACK WILLIAM GRIMWOOD
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.
Photographs courtesy of Mrs. L. Nunn
Born: 4th September 1914, Creeting St. Mary, Suffolk.
Died 4th/5th April 1943; Age: 29; aircraft crash at Sarlhusen. Philip’s 12th mission.
Residence: 22, Edward Close, Ipswich.
Occupation: Driver Salesman – Wholesale Fruit & Potato Merchants.
Rank: Sergeant/Air Gunner; Service Number: 1159783.
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 156 Squadron.
Grave Reference:
1.E.5.
Kieler Stadtkneis,
Germany.
Father: Raymond Victor Grimwood, born April 1892, Coddenham, Suffolk. A Butcher – Co-operative Butchery Department.
Mother: Gertrude Elisabeth Grimwood (nee Brown), born March 1888, Creeting St. Mary,Suffolk.
Family home – 32, Croft Street, Ipswich.
Philip, Raymond, and Don Grimwood
seated Gertrude.
CENSUS
1921 King William Street, Needham Market, Suffolk.
Philip was 6 years & 9 months. He attended School and lived with his parents and siblings.
Raymond Grimwood, 29 years & 2 months old, a Butcher’s Assistant for H. G. Simpson – Butcher, of Needham Market.
Gertrude Grimwood, 33 years & 3 months old, Home Duties.
Leslie Raymond Grimwood, 7 years & 11 months old, at School, born Mildenhall, Suffolk.
Venus Joyce Grimwood, 3 years & 9 months old, at School, born Creeting St. Mary.
Donald G. Grimwood, 21 months old, born Creeting St. Mary.
Ivan Herbert Grimwood, 4 months old, born Needham Market.
In 1939, Ipswich, Philip married Josephine Violet Leggett, born November 1912, Ipswich – daughter of John William Leggett, a checker of grain cargoes, and Jane Matchim Leggett (nee Carne), of 39, Fitzroy Street, Ipswich.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939.
Philip was a Driver Salesman for a Wholesale Fruit and Potato Merchant. He and Josephine lived with her sister and brother-in-law at their home – 259, Foxhall Road, Ipswich.
Harold Jack Button, a Butcher, born 1906.
Bertha May Button (nee Leggett), born 1906.
Probate to Josephine Violet Grimwood – widow.
4th/5th April 1943
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster I; serial number: W4850 Took off 20:42hrs from heavy bomber RAF station at Warboys, Huntingdonshire. Crashed at Sarlhusen, Germany.
Crew:
Albert Ronald Baker; Sergeant/Air Gunner; age 18; R.A.F.V.R.
Edward Thomas McHugh; Flight Sergeant/Navigator/Bomber; age 22; R.A.F.V.R.
Kenneth William Taylor; Sergeant/Flight Engineer; R.A.F.
Alfred Rixon; Flight Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner; age 21; R.A.F.
Jack Arthur Holderness; Flight Sergeant/Navigator; age 22; R.A.F.V.R.
Cecil Harold Davies; Pilot Officer/Pilot; age 29; R.A.F.V.R.
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