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HAROLD GRANTHAM
Kingston upon Hull HU4 6XU
England
Skidby WW1 Memorial, St Michael's Church,
79 Main Street, Skidby. List the names of 42 men who served including 6 died in WW1
Born at Skidby, Yorkshire, 1894. Only son of Fred Grantham (1868- 1955) and Mary Ann Grantham, of 4, Lennoxe Villa, Paddock, Anlaby Park, Hull. Son of a farm labourer. He had one sister, called Ivy.
He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, on 17/08/1917, aged 22.
Buried in France. His Grave inscription, reads, "REST IN THE LORD".
His army efects were left to his mother, Mary. He iis commemorated on the Skidby WW1 memorial.
Templeux-le-Guérard 80240
Hauts-de-France
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