Name
Ernest William Grigsby
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/05/1915
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
3020
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Plot III, Row D, Grave 85.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, St Michael and All Angels Church Memorial, Watford, Watford Congregational Church Memorial, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Son of Albert Ernest and Ellen (nee WYNNE) GRIGSBY of Hastings, Sussex.
His parents married 1881 in the Islington, London, district. Albert died 28 October 1931 in St Alban’s Herts, aged 80, and was buried 3 November in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Ellen died 1934 in Watford aged 77, and was buried 22 November, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
Ernest was born 5 March 1883 in Richmond, Surrey, and attended Victoria Boys’ School, Watford, from 25 February 1890 to 7 September 1891. He resided in Watford, and was a clerk in the Railway Clearing House, London.
He has an entry in the National Probate Calendar.
On the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 8 he lived in Watford, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1901 Census, a railway clerk aged 18, he still lived in Watford, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1911 Census, a railway clerk aged 28, he still lived in Watford, with his parents and one sibling.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Hertford; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 23 January 1915, and died of wounds received in action.
Additional Information
There is an article about Ernest in the Watford Illustrated dated 29 May 1915. His inscription reads: "WE SHALL MEET HIM OUR OWN, OUR DEARLY LOVED AT THE SAVIOUR'S FEET". Unfortunately, Ernest’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
