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Lieutenant DENIS WILLIAM GRIGG

Service Number: 292691
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

II. F. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Kathleen Ethel Grigg, of City of London; husband of Joan Elisa Grigg, of Auckland City, New Zealand. Awarded the Sword of Honour, Royal Military College, Aldershot, September, 1943.
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ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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