Name
Sidney Arthur Grant
1889
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/01/1915
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Leading Stoker
K/1009
Royal Navy
H.M.S. "Formidable."
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Navy Star, British War Medal and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
11
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Bishops Stortford Town Memorial, Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Bishops Stortford
Pre War
Sidney
Arthur Grant was born in Stratford, London on 28 May 1889 to Frederick William
and Frances Elizabeth Grant. On the 1891 Census he was living with his widowed mother (who
was working as a laundress) and siblings at 23 Sylvan Gate, West Ham (Forest
Gate). He gave his occupation as Stonemason on his enlistment sheet. On the
1911 Census he was already serving as a stoker in the Royal Navy and was on
board the Derwent (a Torpedo Boat Destroyer) situated at Grimbsy, on the River
Humber.
Wartime Service
He
first joined the Royal Navy on 8 July 1908 for 12 years. He served on several
ships including Acheron, Vulcan, Pembroke II, St George and Blenheim. On 1 January 1915 he was
serving on HMS Formidable when it was sunk by German submarine U24 which fired two torpedoes, one of which struck Formidable close to the forward funnel. She lost steam and listed to starboard. Boats were launched but more than 500 men were left on board. His body was not recovered
for burial.
Additional Information
Sister: Alice D Moffatt 4 Bells Row, Lovers Lane, Newark, Notts
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
