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Henry GRIMSDELL | |
Lucy Marion BRYER |
| b. 1849 at Pancras MDX | b. 5 Mar 1851 at Islington MDX | ||
| m. 12 Feb 1876 at St Mary Islington MDX | |||
| d. 6 Apr 1921 at Barnet HRT, age 72 bur. Islington and St Pancras Cemetery [FindAGrave] |
d. 28 Apr 1943 Hendon RD MDX,age 92 bur. 1 May 1943 at Islington and St Pancras Cemetery [FindAGrave] probate 29 Apr 1944 |
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| Cheese and Butter Factor (1876) Provision Merchant (1881-1911) |
Their Children
| Henry John GRIMSDELL | Ernest Hedley GRIMSDELL | Reginald Edward GRIMSDELL | Eric Walter GRIMSDELL | Roland Thomas GRIMSDELL | Gerald Lucien GRIMSDELL |
| b. 1876 Pancras MDX | b. 1879 Pancras MDX | b. 1880 Pancras MDX | b. 1883 Pancras MDX | b. 21 Jul 1885 Pancras MDX bap. 23 Aug 1885 at St Thomas Camden Town MDX |
b. 1889 Pancras MDX |
| d. 25 Sep 1916 Flanders Thiepval Memorial Pier / Face 9D & 16B |
d. 1 Nov 1895, age 10 bur. Islington and St Pancras Cemetery [FindAGrave] |
d. 28 Jul 1918 at Barnet MDX, age 29 bur. Islington and St Pancras Cemetery [FindAGrave] |
Who They Were
Henry and Lucy lost two of their six sons during WW1. Reginald Edward Grimsdell was 2nd Lieut. in the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and fell in Flanders, probably at one of the Battles of the Somme; he is memorialised on the Thiepval Memorial and also on his parents' grave stone. Gerald Lucien was a Captain in the 8th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, and was awarded the Military Cross. He has a CWGC grave and marker in the same cemetery as his parents, and is also mentioned on their gravestone. Both are also commemmorated on the Bryer War Memorial.
Lucy's will gives her executors as sons Henry John Grimsdell (merchant) and Ernest Hedley Grimsdell (wholesale optician).
Where They Lived
1881-1885 - 218 Camden Road St Pancras; with Henry, Ernest, and Reginald, plus servants.
1891 - Grassmere Lodge South Hornsey; with Henry, Eric, Roland and Gerald.
1901 - Park House St Mary Islington; with Ernest, Reginald, and Eric.
1911 - Park House Holly Park Crouch Hill Islington; confirms 6 children born, 5 living, 1 died. Only Eric still with his parents.
1939 - Church Farm Wincanton SOM; Lucy widowed, living with grandson Edward W S GRIMSDELL.
1943 - Elteray, 11 Etchingham Park Road Finchley; address on Lucy's probate record.
Family Group Identifiers
Family: B-SFKHAD01
Family Group: b-sfk037