George Grice
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George Grice was born in 1897 at Ruddington, he was the son of Robert a general labourer and Bertha Grice née Waldram of Station Road, Ruddington. Robert was born in 1864, Bertha Waldram was born in 1866 both were born in Ruddington, they were married on 1st October 1882 in St Ann’s, Nottingham, they went on to have 13 children, sadly two were to die in infancy or early childhood. In the 1911 census the family were living at Station Road, Ruddington, Robert 47 yrs is a general labourer, he is living with his wife Bertha 45 yrs and 7 of their children including George 14 yrs of age.
Private George Grice enlisted at Nottingham, he served with the 4th battalion Grenadier Guards, he went to France on 19th January 1915 and was killed in action on 21st October 1915 having no known grave his name is commemorated on the . Loos Memorial Dud Corner Panel 5 to 7
Inscription on the memorial tablet raised by fellow bell ringers to George and Ernest Oliver who both died in the war: 'In memory of our fellow bell-ringers who fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Their works liveth for evermore.' Obituary in the Nottingham Evening Post dated 17th October 1916:“GRICE. – In loving memory of Private G. Grice, Grenadier Guards, killed in action, October 17th, 1915 at Hohenzollern Redoubt, aged 18. In a far and lonely battlefield, where the trees their branches bend, lies our loving son and brother, gone to his untimely end. We often speak his loving name, and shed a silent tear; time cannot alter love so deep and true; one year but brings our grief anew. Nobly he lived, a hero he died. – From his sorrowing mother and father, sisters and brothers, and nieces.”Obituary courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918 additional research Peter Gillings
