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Able Seaman H GRIMSHAW

Service Number: D/SSX13733
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Exeter

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

30. A. 3.

Indonesia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane Alice Grimshaw; husband of Sarah Grimshaw, of Royton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE LOVED HIS LIFE BUT OF DEATH WAS UNAFRAID
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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