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JOHN ROBERT GRICE
BORN FOXHOLES, YORKS, 1883. SON OF RICHARD FRANCIS GRICE (1854-1929) & LOIS BOTHAM (1859-1945), OF 72, JALLAND STREET, HULL AND THORPE BASSETT, BEVERLEY. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND A SISTER.
HE MARRIED ON 30/07/1910 AT ST PETER'S CHURCH, HULL. HIS WIFE CLARA ELIZABETH MILNER (1885-1969), LIVED AT 54, BRAZIL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 91, ST JOHNS GROVE, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEIR SON THOMAS GRICE, WAS BORN ON11/08/1911.
EMPLOYED AS A TAILOR. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, "FAIR" PHYSIQUE, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 25/11/1915. WAS POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15/10/1916. SERVED WITH THE 2/6TH BATTALION, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. INVALIDED TO ENGLAND WITH TRENCH FEET. HE DIED OF SEPTIC POSIONING, ON 26/10/1919, AGED 36. HE IS BURIED AT THORPE BASSETT (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, BEVERLEY.
HE LEFT £206 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, CLARA AT 54, BRAZIL STREET, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS).
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