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Samuel Henry Grundy

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  • Photograph of Samuel Henry Grundy in his uniform published on 26th January 1918 in the Derbyshire Courier and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
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He was the son of Christopher and Mary Elizabeth Grundy and the brother of Charles Leslie and Albert Edwin Grundy of 81 Duke Street, Creswell Mansfield Nottinghamshire.
He was a pit pony driver below ground in 1911.
20 Jan 1918
22
3047434 - CWGC Website
CH/19192
Private
Royal Marine Light Infantry
Private Samuel Henry Grundy, served with the Royal Marine Light Infantry on board H.M.S. Raglan, he was killed in action near the entrance to the Dardanelles on 20th January 1918. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
HMS Raglan sailed for the Dardanelles in June 1915. She remained in the Eastern Mediterranean, based at Imbros. On 20 January 1918 while the battleships Agamemnon and Lord Nelson were absent, Raglan and other members of the Detached Squadron of the Aegean Squadron were attacked by the Turkish battle cruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim (formerly German battle cruiser SMS Goeben), the light cruiser Midilli (formerly German light cruiser SMS Breslau) and four destroyers. Raglan was sunk with the loss of 127 lives. The monitor M28 was also sunk in the same battle. Midilli and Yavuz Sultan Selim ran into a minefield; Midilli sank and Yavuz Sultan Selim was badly damaged. (Wikipedia)
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  • Photograph of Samuel Henry Grundy in his uniform published on 26th January 1918 in the Derbyshire Courier and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
    Samuel Henry Grundy - Photograph of Samuel Henry Grundy in his uniform published on 26th January 1918 in the Derbyshire Courier and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
  • Photograph showing the war memorial at Creswell Village, Derbyshire which commemorates Samuel Henry Grundy courtesy of Peter Gillings
    Samuel Henry Grundy - Photograph showing the war memorial at Creswell Village, Derbyshire which commemorates Samuel Henry Grundy courtesy of Peter Gillings

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