BORN BARTON ON HUMBER 25/06/1886. SON OF THOMAS NELSON GRIMBLEBY (1855-1942) & EMILY DAWSON (1853-1923), OF 33, PEMBERTON STREET, HULL,. SON OF A ROAD LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A FORMER RECKITTS WORKER IN THE STARCH & BLUE SECTION (1911 CENSUS), HE LIVED AT 11, ELMS AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL. HIS DEATH & ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 07/03/1919.
HIS BROTHER, CHARLES LOUIS GRIMBLEBY, RASC, DIED OF WOUNDS 26/03/1918, AGED 35. THEY LEFT ANOTHER BROTHER, ARTHUR AND SISTERS, ETHELWYN, AND ELIZA RYAN, ALL LIVING AT 33 PEMBERTON STREET, DANSOM LANE, HULL.
THEIR COUSIN, PTE, ERNEST GRIMBLEBY, FROM BARROWHAVEN , LINCS, OF THE 5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1918, AGED 29.
THERE ARE NO CWGC RECORDS OF HARRY GRIMBLEBY’S DEATH?
