Individual Details

George Sherman GRACE

(Abt Jul 1880 - 5 Nov 1917)

Events

BirthAbt Jul 1880Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England
ResidenceAbt Aug 1880Heath End, Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England
Baptism29 Aug 1880Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England
Census1881Heath End, Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England
Census1891Scholar - Newnham Hill, Oxfordshire, England
Census1901Game Keeper - Newnham Hill, Oxfordshire, England
MarriageAbt Jul 1910(Registration District), Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England - Edith Elizabeth PARSLOW
Census1911Game Keeper - Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, England
MilitaryTo 5 Nov 1917Royal Warwickshire Regiment, British Army
Death5 Nov 1917Died of Wounds - Étaples, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
BurialAft Nov 1917Etaples Military Cemetery, Étaples, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Families

SpouseEdith Elizabeth PARSLOW (1884 - )
FatherThomas GRACE (1837 - )
MotherAnn Maria SHERMAN (1844 - )
SiblingAnn Verena GRACE (1863 - )
SiblingJulia GRACE (1865 - )
SiblingMary GRACE (1867 - )
SiblingHarriet GRACE (1870 - )
SiblingThomas James GRACE (1874 - )
SiblingSarah Ellen GRACE (1877 - )
SiblingLily Jane GRACE (1883 - )
SiblingHenry Ivo GRACE (1886 - )

Notes

Baptism

Extract from parish register: Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Checkendon in the county of Oxford in the year 1880

No: 197
Date: 29 August 1880
Name: George Sherman
Parents: Thomas Annie?
Surname: Grace
Address: Heath End, Checkendon
Occupation (father): Labourer
By: C J Abbey, Rector

Census

Age: 10 months

Marriage

On 1911 census say married under 1 year.

Burial

From CWGC Website:

Name/Rank: Private Grace, George Sherman
Service Number: 24240
Died: 05/11/1917 - Aged 38
Corps: 2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Note: Son of Mrs. J. Grace, of Newnham Hill, nr. Henley-on-Thames; husband of Edith Elizabeth Grace, of The Bungalow, Lower Highmore, nr. Henley-on-Thames, Oxon.

From Grave Register: Cemetery Fr. 40 Etaples Part III U.K. Grave Custon to Havis.

Grace, Pte. George Sherman, 24240. 2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regt. Died of wounds 5th Nov., 1917. Age 38. Son of Mrs. J. Grace, of Newham Hill, nr. Henley-on-Thames; husband of Edith Elizabeth Grace, of The Bungalow, Lower Highmore, nr. Henley-on-Thames, Oxon. XXX. J. 28.

Headstone Inscription -

Badge Design / layout: 1064/1A
Number/Rank: 24240 Private
Name: G.S. Grace
Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Date: 5th November 1917
Religious symbol: Cross
Grave: 30 J 28
Number of stone: 7681

No personal inscription. (Mrs E.E. Hale, The Bungalow, Lower Highmore, Nr Henley-on-Thames, Oxon.)

Endnotes

1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1880 Jul/Sept - Henley - Vol: 3a Page: 674.

2. Oxfordshire, England - Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813 - 1915, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: BOD61_c_1.

3. 1881 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG11; Piece: 1490; Folio: 39; Page: 3; GSU roll: 1341360.

4. 1891 Census of England and Wales, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 986; Folio: 147; Page: 8; GSU roll: 6096096.

5. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 1140; Folio: 87; Page: 8.

6. GRO (England & Wales) Marriage Registration Index , 1910 Jul/Sept - Henley - Vol: 3a Page: 2191.

7. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 8065; Schedule Number: 127.

8. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Grace, George Sherman.

9. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Grace, George Sherman.

10. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Grace, George Sherman.