"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them".
George Grove was born in Bray Berkshire in 1883 to John Grove, a gardener, and Emma Styles.
On the 1891 Census, George can be found living with his parents and siblings at 1 Martins Cottages, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire.
George's mother Emma was to pass away on March 7th 1899. After her death George and his brother Arthur went to live with their maternal aunt Mary Hunter, and her husband George at 4 Broadway, Maidenhead, Berkshire. By 1911 the family h ad moved to 7 Broadway, where both George and his brother Arthur were working as Jobbing Gardeners. Their father John Grove spent the years leading up to his own death in 1922, lodging in various public and common lodging houses.
Sometime after the outbreak of war George enlisted with the Worcestershire Labour Corps Regiment. Labour Corps were generally made of men who were not fit for service in the trenches.
George was to pass away on 24th October 1918 of Pneumonia, in Wareham Dorset, Possibly Worgret Camp, the location of Wareham Miliary Hospital.
On the 1891 Census, George can be found living with his parents and siblings at 1 Martins Cottages, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire.
George's mother Emma was to pass away on March 7th 1899. After her death George and his brother Arthur went to live with their maternal aunt Mary Hunter, and her husband George at 4 Broadway, Maidenhead, Berkshire. By 1911 the family h ad moved to 7 Broadway, where both George and his brother Arthur were working as Jobbing Gardeners. Their father John Grove spent the years leading up to his own death in 1922, lodging in various public and common lodging houses.
Sometime after the outbreak of war George enlisted with the Worcestershire Labour Corps Regiment. Labour Corps were generally made of men who were not fit for service in the trenches.
George was to pass away on 24th October 1918 of Pneumonia, in Wareham Dorset, Possibly Worgret Camp, the location of Wareham Miliary Hospital.
That's nice in monochrome!
ReplyDeleteI agree -- I like the photo. And I'm always impressed by how much information you find!
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