Lieut.-Gen., R.A., eldest _s._ of the late George Moncrieff
Grierson, of Glasgow, by his wife, Allison, dau. of George Lyon Walker,
of Garemount, Dumbartonshire; _b._ Glasgow, 27 Jan. 1859; educ.
Glasgow Academy, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted
Lieut., R.A., 9 Oct. 1877, and promoted Capt. 20 Jan. 1886; Major 11
Dec. 1895; Brevet Lieut.-Col. 12 Dec. 1895; Brevet Col. 1 March, 1900;
Col. 28 Oct. 1901; Major-Gen. 12 Feb. 1904, and Lieut.-Gen. 6 May,
1910; was D.A.Q.M.G., Indian Contingent, Expeditionary Force, Egypt, 9
Aug. to 17 Oct. 1882; on special service with the Expeditionary Force,
Suakim, 20 Feb. to 5 March, 1885; D.A.A. and Q.M.G., Egypt, 6 March to
12 June, 1885; Station Staff Officer, 1st Class, Bengal, 17 Feb. to 7
July, 1889; D.A.A.G. (Intel.) H.Q. of Army, 1 July, 1890, to 14 July,
1894; Brigade Major, R.A., Aldershot, 1 Jan. 1895 to 19 Feb. 1896;
Military Attaché, Berlin, 1 March, 1896, to 2 Feb. 1900; on special
service, South Africa, 3 Feb. to 27 Feb. 1900; A.A.G. South Africa, 28
Feb. to 23 Aug. 1900; Staff Officer (graded D.A.G.), China, 24 Aug.
1900 to 21 Oct. 1901; A.Q.M.G., II Army Corps, 28 Oct. 1901 to 3 Sept.
1902; Chief Staff Officer (Brig.-Gen. on Staff), II Army Corps, 4 Sept.
1902 to 11 Feb. 1904; Director of Military operations, Army H.Q., 12
Feb. 1904 to 5 Oct. 1906; Major-Gen., 1st Division, Aldershot Army
Corps, and G.O.C., 1st Division, Aldershot Command, 6 Oct. 1906, to
6 Aug. 1910, and G.O. Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, 4 April,
1912, to Aug. 1914; Hon. Col., 2nd London Brigade, R.F.A., 1912–14;
A.D.C. Gen. to H.M. the King, 1 July, 1914, and Commander of the 2nd
Army Corps of the Expeditionary Force in France, Aug. 1914; created
M.V.O. (4th Class), 23 Nov. 1899; C.B., 29 Nov. 1900; C.M.G., 26
June, 1902; C.V.O., 1 July, 1904; and K.C.B., 19 June, 1911; served
in Egyptian War, 1882; took part in action at Kassassin 9 Sept., and
Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Nov.
1882]; medal with clasp; Khedive’s Bronze Star; 5th Class Medjidie);
with Sudan Expedition, 1885; took part in actions at Hasheen, and on 26
March, and advance on Tamai (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,
25 Aug. 1885]; clasp); with Hazara Expedition, 1888; was D.A.Q.M.G.,
2nd Brigade (mentioned in Despatches; medal with clasp; Brevet of
Lieut.-Col.); in South African War, 1899–1900; took part in operations
in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900. including actions at Poplar
Grove, Dreifontein, Vet River (5–6 May), and Zand River; operations in
the Transvaal, May-June, 1900; including actions near Johannesburg,
Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11 June); operations in the Transvaal,
east of Pretoria, July-16 Aug. 1900 (mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with four clasps); in China,
1900; including service as British Military representative on the Staff
of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces (medal, C.B.); and
died on active service, of heart failure, while travelling in a train
in France, 17 Aug. 1914; _unm._ Gen. Grierson made a reputation
with the 3rd and 4th Divisions at manœuvres. During the manœuvres in
Cambridgeshire in 1912, he so concealed the 4th Division that it
remained entirely lost so far as the opposing side was concerned, until
it developed its fighting line in action on a flank. The Division made
a long march, and when hostile aircraft came near it the troops halted
and took shelter in woods, ravines and hedges, remaining perfectly
still. The guns and wagons were covered with sheets, hay, straw, and so
on, and the aircraft failed to discover the presence of the force. He
was again complimented by Sir John French on those in Northamptonshire
in 1913. He was the author of many works on Military subjects,
including “Armed Strengths of Armies of Russia, Germany and Japan,”
published by the War Office; “Staff Duties in the Field,” “Handbooks of
the Russian Army,” and “Records of the Scottish Volunteers, 1859–1908.”
[Illustration: =James Moncrieff Grierson.=]
=GRIEVE, WILLIAM PERCIVAL=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Duke of
Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), yst. _s._ of William Grieve,
of 13, Fenchurch Avenue, London, and Rockcliffe, Dalbeattie, by his
wife, Margaret, dau. of the late Rev. George Hodgkinson, of Louth;
_b._ Croydon, 11 Nov. 1885; educ. St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne,
Cheltenham College, and Edinburgh University. On the outbreak of war he
joined the 2nd King Edward’s Horse as a Trooper, received a commission
in the 5th Middlesex Special Reserve, 14 Nov. 1914, and was transferred
from that battn. to the 3rd Middlesex; served in France and Flanders,
and was killed in action near Ypres, 14 Feb. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Percival Grieve.=]
=GRIFFIN, ERNEST JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class S.S. 111025, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GRIFFITH, THOMAS FRANCIS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9569, R.F.R., B. 1266,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRIFFITH, JOHN GWYNNE=, Major, 32nd Lancers, Indian Army,
and Brigade Major, 9th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd _s._ of the late
Lieut.-Col. John Gilbert Erskine Griffith, of Fairfield House,
Cheltenham, and Hodges, Jamaica, by his wife, Fanny Augusta (Newland,
Coleford, Gloucester), dau. of George Harrison; _b._ Taraghur,
Ajmere, India, 23 June, 1874; educ. Stubbington House School, and
Dulwich College; joined the 3rd Militia Battn. South Wales Borderers
in 1893; gazetted from it 2nd Lieut. to the Unattached List, Indian
Army, 28 Nov. 1894; served his year with the 2nd Durham L.I. at Poona,
and then was posted to the Indian Staff Corps, 2nd Bombay Lancers,
24 Feb. 1896, and promoted Lieut. 28 Feb. 1897; Capt. 28 Nov. 1903;
and Major 28 Nov. 1912. He was successively on plague duty, Bombay;
officiating Inspecting Officer, Imperial Service Cavalry, Kathiawar,
and Military Attaché, Bombay Command H.Q., and was one of the eight
senior subalterns selected for service in South Africa, and was
temporary Capt. commanding 63rd Imperial Yeomanry from 1 Jan. to 23
March, 1902. He took part in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange
River Colony, and was awarded the Queen’s medal with four clasps, and
then returned to India and resumed his post as Military Attaché for
another year. He was then S.S.O., Nasirobad; Officiating Brigade Major,
Kamptee, for nine months; S.S.O. and Cantonment Magistrate, Pachmahri,
for a year; Brigade Major, Jubbulpore, 23 Feb. 1906 to 14 Feb. 1909;
and then passed through the Staff College, Quetta. In 1911 he went to
Australia for two years and acted as Director of Military Training
on the Headquarters Staff, Melbourne, and was so successful that the
Australian Government asked for an extension of his services, which
was granted for another year. The Hon. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister
and Minister of Defence, writing to his widow on hearing of his death,
said: “Major Griffith’s extensive military knowledge, his capacity and
soldierly attributes, combined with his charming personality, provided
an inspiring example and earned him the respect of all ranks of the
Australian Army”; and Gen. Kirkpatrick and Major-Gen. Chauvel both
expressed their high appreciation of his services to the Commonwealth
during the critical period of Australian Military development. He
returned to India in 1913, and was home on leave when war broke out. He
joined the 7th Cavalry Reserve at Tidworth, and on 18 Oct. was gazetted
D.A.A. and Q.M.G., 2nd Cavalry Division, becoming Brigade Major, 9th
Cavalry Brigade, by special request of the General Officer Commanding;
went to France, 20 Oct. 1914, and was killed instantaneously, S.E. of
Ypres, 24 May, 1915, while giving orders to his Brigade. Gen. Greenly
wrote: “He was a brave, good soldier, an unfailing cheery companion,
and the kindliest and most sympathetic of friends, the sort of English
gentleman who has made the Empire what it is,” and added, “the loss
to me is not only that of a perfectly invaluable staff officer, but
of a very great friend, with whom I have been associated now, as you
know, for a very considerable time, both on the staff together of the
2nd Cav. Div. and in this Brigade. On active service one gets to know
one’s friends in a few months or sometimes even days in a way which
years of peace would never bring. I can only say that in these months
of sometimes hard and strenuous time I have got to know and value and
love your husband in a way which it is difficult to convey to you”;
and a brother officer: “The old regt. fairly bursts with pride even
when we are saddest. I never saw anything like the feeling shown by the
Indians, they all loved Johnnie, even as we all looked forward to the
day when he got command. What a wonderful C.O. he would have made.]”
Major Griffith was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the
field. He _m._ at Cheltenham, 15 June, 1899, Florence Ethel (29,
Park Place, Cheltenham), dau. of the late Major George Anthony Aufrère
Baker, 6th Bengal Cavalry; _s.p._
[Illustration: =John Gwynne Griffith.=]
=GRIFFITHS, ALLEN RHYS=, 2nd Lieut., 53rd Battery, R.F.A., elder
_s._ of Llewellyn Edward Griffiths, of Great Abshot House,
Titchfield, formerly of Drayton Park, Longparish, by his wife, Bertha
Mina, dau. of Thomas Allen Hickley, of Walton-on-Thames; _b._
Rookley House, King’s Somborne, Hants, 15 March, 1893; educ. Horris
Hill, Newbury; and Winchester College; was a tea planter in Ceylon when
war broke out, but came home immediately and enlisted in the Rifle
Brigade in Dec. 1914; was given a commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut.
R.F.A. 27 Feb., 1915; went to France early in July, and was killed in
action near Ypres, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Allen Rhys Griffiths.=]
=GRIFFITHS, BASIL GWYNNE=, Sergt., No. 41567, 56th Battery,
Royal Field Artillery, _s._ of Isaac Griffiths, D.C.M.,
Quartermaster-Sergt. (W.O.), Welsh Regt. (who served in the Boer War,
with the South Wales Borderers, and was mentioned in despatches and
awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal), by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau.
of Martin Walsh, of Kilrane, co. Wexford, Farmer; _b._ Aldershot,
16 Jan. 1892; educ. Intermediate School and Christ’s College, Brecon;
enlisted in Jan. 1906; was promoted Sergt., Aug. 1914; went to France,
Aug. 1914, and was killed in the fighting around Hooge, near Ypres,
3 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Major B. Crozier, commanding 56th Battery,
R.F.A., wrote: “He was killed while in charge of his gun ... and was
buried by his comrades the same evening, at the same spot as three
other men of his battery, at the edge of a wood about 800 yards south
of the village of Ekstenest. I served with him previously in the 47th
Battery and had a great regard for him. He did well while out here
and will be a great loss to the battery, which he served so well. He
was always so cheery and helped to cheer many when depressed.” Sergt.
Griffiths was an expert “Rough-Rider,” swimmer and boxer.
[Illustration: =Basil Gwynne Griffiths.=]
=GRIFFITHS, GEORGE HENRY WHITMORE=, Private, No. 12946, 25th
Battn. Royal Fusiliers Frontiersmen, eldest _s._ of the late
George Summers Griffiths, Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple, by his wife,
Emma Lucy, dau. of the late Henry H. Cowper, H.M.’s Consul-General
at Havanah, and grandson of the late Lewis Griffiths, of Marl Hill,
Cheltenham, J.P.; _b._ Handsworth, near Birmingham; educ. Whitby,
and Stamford Grammar Schools; at the age of thirteen went to sea as
an apprentice in the Merchant Service, and when the South African War
broke out joined the 18th Hussars and served through that campaign.
He was awarded the Queen’s medal with five clasps, and on his return
married and settled down in Wiltshire. When the European War started
he immediately tried to rejoin his old regt., but finding that it
already contained its full complement he enlisted in the 25th Fusilier
Frontiersmen. He was killed in action at the Battle of Bukoba, German
East Africa, 22 June, 1915. He had volunteered for a dangerous duty
which he fulfilled at the cost of his own life, thereby saving the
lives of many of his comrades. Gen. T. wrote: “It will be a consolation
to you all to know that he died in such a gallant way.... The War
Office ruled some time ago that no posthumous honours, except the V.C.
were to be granted during this war, so that many gallant men, including
your brave brother, are ineligible for posthumous D.C.Ms. Should at any
time the rule be revised, I will remember what your gallant brother did
for his country”; and Col. D.: “His company held an advanced position
close up to the enemy; they were suffering loss from a machine gun
posted on a small hill. Several men volunteered to work round and try
to silence this gun. Griffiths was the first to volunteer. The bravery
and dash of these volunteers was beyond all praise, but unfortunately
most of them were either killed or wounded whilst successfully carrying
out what they started to do. They saved many lives of their comrades.
He and other brave comrades were buried in Bukoba alongside the Fort,
with full military honours. We have marked the spot.” He _m._
at Lavington, Wiltshire, 8 Oct. 1906, Alice Riddell (Down View, West
Lavington, Wilts), dau. of Edwin Burgess, of St. John’s Wood, London,
Artist, and had two sons: George Edwin, _b._ 10 July, 1907, and
John Whitmore, _b._ 15 May, 1913.
[Illustration: =George H. W. Griffiths.=]
=GRIGSON, FRANCIS HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Henry Francis Grigson,
of Watton, Norfolk, Accountant, by his wife, Gertrude Alma, dau. of
William Cooper, of Bury St. Edmunds, M.D.; _b._ Watton, co.
Norfolk, 1 Oct. 1890; educ. Gorse Cliff School, Boscombe, Hants, and
Lancing College, Sussex; and on leaving there went to London in Nov.
1908, to learn accountancy. In May, 1910, he went to Ceylon, where he
spent several years tea planting, and in the early part of 1913 joined
the firm of George Steuart & Co., of Colombo. On the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, he gave up his post with them and returned to England at the
end of the year. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 9th Warwickshires,
1 Feb. 1915; left for the Dardanelles on 19 June, and was killed in
action at Anzac Cove, 9 Aug. 1915, during the fighting for Hill 971
(Sari Bair); _unm._ One of his officers, Major Gordon, wrote (20
Aug.): “I feel I cannot resist writing to tell you how sadly we all
(such as survive) feel the loss of your brother. He was most popular
with officers and men alike and was such a capable officer”; and again
(Oct. 1): “I made your brother Regimental Transport Officer whilst at
Helles, and he was invaluable in managing the pack mules (often under
fire) and getting up our water, rations, etc.”; and another (Capt.
Agar): “The circumstances of his death were given me by another of my
subalterns who had charge of the company after I was ‘knocked out.’
They had been ordered to advance up a hill, which could only be done in
single file; the subaltern in charge led the way, when they suddenly
came under a heavy fire from machine guns, which made further progress
impossible. The subaltern in charge ordered the company down the hill
under cover, and whilst doing so was himself badly wounded and left
behind. When the men had got back under cover, your brother and the
wounded officer’s servant crawled up again and tried to bring him in;
they bandaged him up as best they could, when your brother was hit and
instantly killed. There is no doubt that if he had not been killed he
would have been rewarded for his gallant action.”
[Illustration: =Francis Henry Grigson.=]
=GRIFFITHS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9826), 207832, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRIFFITHS, WALTER HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17349, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRIMBLE, WALTER=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271598, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRIMSHAW, CECIL THOMAS WRIGLEY=, B.A., D.S.O., Major, 1st Battn.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 6th _s._ of the late Thomas Wrigley
Grimshaw, C.B., M.D., M.A., Registrar-General for Ireland, by his wife,
Sarah Elizabeth (The Lodge, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire); _b._
Dublin, 22 Oct. 1876; educ. Eastmans’ School, Southsea, and Trinity
College, Dublin (B.A.); joined the 5th (Militia) Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers in Dec. 1893, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 15 May, 1897, and
promoted Lieut., 28 Dec. 1898; Capt., 14 July, 1904; and Major, 14
Dec. 1914. He served through the South African War, 1899–1902, being
employed with the Mounted Infantry, and was present at the action at
Talana and took part in the operations east of Pretoria, July-Nov.
1900, and in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. He was twice
mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901, and 29 July,
1902], and was awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the
King’s medal with two clasps, and the Distinguished Service Order. In
1903 he took part in the operations in the Aden Hinterland, and on
11 Dec. 1911, was appointed Adjutant of his Battn. He left England
with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 15 March, 1915, took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
action the same day at Sedh-el-Bahr, being at the time in command, the
Colonel, Adjutant and other officers having been shot in the boats.
He was shot in the head while leading the remnants of the regt. in a
charge up the hill. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 3
Oct. 1906, Agnes Violet (Hawera, Dunsford, Surrey), dau. of George
Benton Alderson, of Alexandria, and had three children: Thomas Cecil,
_b._ 6 July, 1907; George Cecil, _b._ 8 Sept. 1910; and David
Cecil, _b._ 13 Oct. 1915.
[Illustration: =Cecil T. W. Grimshaw.=]
=GRIST, ROBERT GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3397), 191485, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GROMETT, CHARLES=, Sergt., No. 8713, 1st Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Charles Gromett, by his wife, Sarah (Bridge
Street, Downham, Market), dau. of Michael Walsh; _b._ Downham
Market, co. Norfolk, 26 June, 1888; educ. there; enlisted 22 Oct. 1907;
became Sergt. 20 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 6 Sept.; was wounded in the thigh at the Battle of the Aisne, 20
Sept., and died 26 Sept. 1914, at St. Nazaire Hospital. He _m._ at
St. Mary’s Church, Beverley, co. Yorks, 1 Dec. 1913, Edith (2, Victoria
Villas, Queens Gate Road, Beverley), yst. dau. of the late George
Marshall Cobb; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Charles Gromett.=]
=GROOM, WILLIAM SYDNEY=, Acting Chief Petty Officer, 165578,
H.M.S. Hawke; _s._ of Charles Groom, of 58, Prospect Place,
Woolwich; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=GROOME, FRANK=, Private, No. 221, 17th Battn. 5th Brigade,
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Frederick Groome, of 7, Queen’s
Avenue, Watford West, Herts, Printer, by his wife, Mary Ann Elizabeth,
dau. of William Saunders, of Walthamstow, Essex, Bricklayer, and
grandson of John Groome, of the City of London, Cordwainer; _b._
Upper Sydenham, S.E., 21 March, 1895; educ. Sydenham Hill Council
School; began life as an assistant at Mudie’s Library and later was
assistant operator at the Watford Cinema; emigrated to Australia, 21
March, 1914, and became a farm hand to Mr. John Paton, of Mundarloo,
Tumblong. After the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Australian
Imperial Force, Feb. 1915; was drafted to Egypt, and from there to the
Dardanelles, where he was severely wounded in the head by a bomb; he
was admitted to the 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 9 Sept.
1915, and died there 6 Oct. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frank Groome.=]
=GROOME, STANLEY GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 207, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William
Groome, of 317, Bethnal Green Road, E., Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, by
his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of George William Wilcox; _b._ London, 10
Feb. 1888; educ. Sir John Cass Foundation School, Minories; was on the
Stock Exchange, but on the outbreak of war threw up his position and
enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade, 31 Aug. 1914. He went to France
on 13 Jan. 1915, and during the spring and summer of 1915 was with his
company in the trenches at Plugsteert, St. Eloi, Ypres and Poperinghe.
In the autumn of the same year he worked on the lines of communication
and it was on returning to the trenches for the first time that he
was accidentally shot at Poperinghe, 3 Dec. 1915. He was buried in
the soldiers’ cemetery close to the main line between Hazebrouck and
Poperinghe. An iron cross sent out from England, subscribed for by the
men of his old platoon, and engraved “In memory of a good comrade,”
marks the spot. Capt. C. W. Trevelyan, London Rifle Brigade, wrote: “I
visited the grave, and when Sergt. Ford came back from leave he took
out and placed on the grave a very nice iron cross as a small tribute
of affection from some of the members of No. 4 Platoon. We all felt
that we had lost one of our best and most trusted friends.” Groome
was a good athlete, and was a member of the Leytonstone Rugby and the
Albion Rowing Clubs. He was a great lover of Nature and all Nature’s
gifts.
[Illustration: =Stanley George Groome.=]
=GROVES, FRANCIS NEVILLE=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Francis Groves, of 5, Llanthewy Road,
Newport, Monmouth, F.R.I.B.A., Architect to Lord Tredegar, by his wife,
Frances Matilda, dau. of Albert Gill, of Blandford; _b._ Newport,
Monmouth, 7 July, 1889; educ. Intermediate School there; obtained his
commission in the 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., 9 Sept. 1914, joining
it at Northampton and afterwards going to Cambridge. He was promoted
Lieut., 23 Nov. 1914, and in Feb. 1915, was sent with his regt. to
Flanders, and was killed in action at Frezenberg, near Ypres, 8 May,
1915; _unm._ The division in which the Monmouthshire Regt. was
placed assisted very materially in defeating the furious attack of
the German forces on 8 and 9 May, in which all battns. of the regt.
suffered so heavily. Major W. S. Bridges, now Lieut.-Col., the senior
officer left after the battle, wrote that he met his death whilst
holding, with his company, a trench under the most terrific shell fire,
and in a letter to his father, said: “I did not know him for long, only
since my joining the battn., but long enough to have realised his value
as an officer and that he had a high opinion of his sense of duty.”
Col. H. Worsley Gough, who was wounded early in the action, stated that
he fell doing his duty very gallantly, and that he could not speak too
highly of his work as an officer of his battn., and that his untimely
death was a great loss to the regt. and was deeply deplored by all who
were privileged to serve with him.
[Illustration: =Francis Neville Groves.=]
=GROVES, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9432, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots,
_s._ of George Groves, Office Porter, H.M. Office of Works,
Windsor Castle, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Henry Deaton, of Eton;
_b._ Clewer, near Windsor, 12 March, 1888; educ. Windsor National
School; enlisted 22 Nov. 1904; served 10 years; went to France, 12 Nov.
1914, and was killed in action at Petit Bois, near Kemmel, France, 14
Dec. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Groves.=]
=GROVES, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 211975, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GRUBB, WALTER BOUSFIELD WATKINS=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., and
Gunnery Lieut., _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Alexander Grubb, of Elsfield
House, Hollingbourne, Kent, late Royal Artillery, by his wife, Sara
Mary, dau. of the late Rev. Henry George Watkins, Vicar of Potters
Bar, Middlesex; _b._ Knockrobin, co. Wicklow, 1 July, 1879; educ.
The Grange, Cowes (Rev. A. Watson), and H.M.S. Britannia, 1892–95,
and appointed Midshipman, H.M.S. Trafalgar, 1895, and promoted
Sub-Lieut. July, 1898, Lieut. Jan. 1901, Gunnery Lieut. 1 Jan. 1907,
and Lieut.-Commander, Jan. 1909. He was appointed to H.M.S. Cressy as
gunnery officer, March, 1914, and was lost in the North Sea when that
ship was torpedoed by a German submarine, 22 Sept. 1914. He had King
Edward’s Coronation medal. He _m._ at St. James’ Church, Clapham
Park, 22 April, 1914, Marguerite Evelina Fairlie, only child of Dr. J.
J. McWhilter Dunbar, of Hedingham House, Clapham Common, S.W., and had
a son, Walter Dunbar Watkins, _b._ 3 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Walter B. W. Grubb.=]
=GRUCHY, ARTHUR GORDON=, B.A., Private, No. 74040, Machine Gun
Section, 28th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of
Charles Gruchy, of Jersey, now farming at Strassburg, Saskatchewan,
Canada, formerly of the firm of Redfern’s, of Paris, by his wife,
Mary A..., dau. of (--) Hicks, of London; _b._ Asnières, Seine,
France, 16 Jan. 1889; educ. first at Asnières, then in England,
and in 1905 went to Canada with one of his brothers. He entered
the University of Saskatchewan in 1912, and became a member of the
affiliated Presbyterian College, taking the Arts course preparatory to
his theological training. During the long summer vacations he performed
valuable services on various mission fields, and he obtained his B.A.
degree in May, 1915. He had enlisted in Oct. 1914, and left Canada with
the second contingent, and was accidentally drowned, 7 July, 1915,
while bathing near Shorncliffe, where his battn. was in training.
Lieut. Manville, Commanding Officer, Machine Gun Section, wrote: “Your
son, Sir, was a splendid soldier, and I had just some few days ago
appointed him to the most important post on the section. I feel his
death creates a vacancy that cannot be replaced, for his work and
personality were such that he endeared himself to all of us.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Gordon Gruchy.=]