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VC590 John Elisha Grimshaw
BORN 23 January 1893
DIED 20 July 1980 AGE 87
VC Won 25 April 1915 AGE 22
Place VC Won W Beach, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name John Elisha Grimshaw No. ELECTED BY REGIMENT
VC Issue No. 590 Awards VC
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, C Company
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Abram, near Wigan, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death At his home, Isleworth, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Buried/Location Ashes South West Middlesex Crematorium, Hounslow Road, Hanworth, Middlesex, England
Cremated South West Middlesex Crematorium, Hounslow Road, Hanworth, Middlesex, England
Date Buried/Cremated 25 July 1980
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Lawn 3 - C5 (by weeping willows, left of seat)
Gazetted 15 March 1917
VC Presented 24 March 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Victoria Cross Honours plaque, Hounslow Civic Centre , West London
By The Way…
John Grimshaw rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel after forty one years in the army.
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M.
