John Clarence Grainger
Service Number
44254
Military Unit
1st Bn Cambridgeshire Regiment
Date of birth
Date of Death
18 Sep 1918 (19 years old)
Place of Birth
Radford, Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
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Family History
John Clarence Grainger was the son of Samuel Grainger [Granger] and Mary Ann Banner who married at Nottingham in 1898. Their children included: John Clarence [Granger] (b.1898), Samuel [Granger] (b.1901), Robert [Granger] (b.1903) and Albert Edward [Granger] (b.1905). They lived at: Churchfield Lane, Radford [C.1901]; 31 Prospect Street, Radford [C.1911 & CWGC]. Samuel Grainger who was a coal miner, died at Nottingham, aged 71 in 1948. His wife, Mary Ann, had predeceased him dying at Nottingham, aged 57 in 1933.
Military History
Enlisted at Nottingham; killed in action; buried at Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France.
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