Harold Towers Grainger (1886 - 1961)

Born 6 Apr 1886 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Sabina (Durbin) Grainger — married 29 Apr 1911 in St Augustines, Baring Road, Grove Park, Lewisham, London, England

Husband of Ethel Dolly (Durbin) Grainger — married 1942 in Lewisham, Kent, England

Died 17 Sep 1961 at age 75 in Bromley, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Born

6 Apr 1886 • Manchester, Chorlton, Lancashire, England. ^{[1] [2]}

Married

[1] 29 Apr 1911 • Lewisham, Grove Park Cranford, Kent, England.^{[3] [4]}

[2] 1942 • Lewisham, Kent, England.^[5]

Died

17 Sep 1961 • 162 Burnt Ash Lane Bromley, Kent, England.^{[6] [7]}

1891 Census

Name Harold Grainger

Age 4

Relationship Son

Birth Year 1887

Father Alfred Grainger

Mother Harriett Grainger

Birth Place Manchester, Lancashire, England

Civil parish Flixton

Ecclesiastical parish St Michael

Residence Place 3 Lime Avenue, Flixton, Flixton, Lancashire, England

Registration district Barton Upon Irwell

Sub registration district Stretford

Household Members : Name Age

Alfred Grainger 33, born Manchester, Lancashire, England

Harriett Grainger 27, born Manchester, Lancashire, England

Dorothy Grainger 6, born Manchester, Lancashire, England

Harold Grainger 4, born Manchester, Lancashire, England

Margery Grainger 3, born Urmston, Lancashire, England

Alfred Grainger 1, born Urmston, Lancashire, England^[8]

1901 England Census

Name Harold Grainger

Age 14

Estimated Birth Year abt 1887

Relation to Head Son

Gender Male

Father Alfred Grainger

Mother Hariette Grainger

Birth Place Manchester, Lancashire, England

Civil parish Flixton

Ecclesiastical parish Flixton St Michael

County/Island Lancashire

Country England

Registration district Barton upon Irwell

Sub-registration district Stretford

Household Members: Name Age

Alfred Grainger 43, Railway Audit Clerk

Hariette Grainger 37

Harold Grainger 14, Junior Clerk Salt Merchant

Margery Grainger 13

Alfred Grainger 11

Enid Grainger 3, born Manchester, Lancashire, England^[9]

1911 England Census

Name Harold Towers Grainger

Age in 1911 24

Estimated Birth Year abt 1887

Relation to Head Boarder

Gender Male

Birth Place Manchester, Chester, England

Civil parish Lewisham

County/Island London

Country England

Street Address 28 Bradgate Rd, Catford S E

Marital Status Single

Occupation PROVISION SALESMAN

Registration district Lewisham

Harold and his brother Alfred Towers Grainger (age 21, working as a clerk with a Coal Merchant) were boarders with the Shaul family (Sidney William and his wife Emily Ada, and their three young children)^[10]

1939 Register

29 Sep 1939 • 357 Baring Road Lewisham, London, England. Fruit Importer. H/o Sabina Grainger as Harold T Grainger b: 6 Apr 1886.^[11]

British Army Service Records

Name Harold Towers Grainger

Gender Male

Birth Date abt 1886

Enlistment Age 29

Marriage Date 29 Apr 1911

Marriage Place Grove Park

Document Year 1915

Residence Place Cranford, Grove Park SE

Regiment Name Royal Field Artillery

Form Title Short Service Attestation

Household Members : Name Age

Harold Towers Grainger 29

Sabina Durbin

John Durbin Grainger 1^[12]

Military Awards

Victory Medal

Name: Harold T Grainger

Regiment or Corps: Royal Field Artillery

Regimental Number: 158074, (TF)661387

The Victory Medal (also called the Inter-Allied Victory Medal) is a United Kingdom and British Empire First World War campaign medal. To qualify for the Victory Medal recipients had to be mobilised for war service in the United Kingdom or the British Empire, in any service, and to have entered a theatre of war between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915; Name: Harold Towers Grainger, Registration Year: 1886, Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun, Registration district: Chorlton, Parishes for this Registration District: Chorlton, Inferred County: Lancashire, Volume: 8c, Page: 912.
2. ↑ 1939 England and Wales Register; The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/377A.
3. ↑ England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915; Name: Harold T Grainger, Registration Year: 1911, Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun, Registration district: Lewisham, Parishes for this Registration District: Lewisham, Inferred County: London, Volume: 1d, Page: 1893.
4. ↑ British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
5. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005; Name: Harold T Grainger, Registration Date: 1942 - Jan-Feb-Mar, Registration district: Lewisham, Inferred County: London, Spouse: Ethel D Durbin, Volume Number: 1d, Page number: 1902a.
6. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007; Name: Harold T Grainger, Death Age: 75, Birth Date: abt 1886, Registration Date: Sep 1961, Registration district: Bromley, Inferred County: Kent, Volume: 5b, Page: 155.
7. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995; Name: Harold Towers Grainger, Death Date: 17 Sep 1961, Death Place: Kent, England, Probate Date: 16 Nov 1961, Registry: London, England. "GRAINGER Harold Towers of 162 Burnt Ash Lane Bromley Kent died 17 September 1961 Probate London 16 November to Martins Bank Limited. Effects 16823. 0s. 4d."
8. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891. Class: RG12; Piece: 3160; Folio 149; Page 29; GSU roll: 6098270.
9. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901. Class: RG13; Piece: 3668; Folio: 46; Page: 36.
10. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Class: RG14; Piece: 2779.
11. ↑ 1939 England and Wales Register; The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/377A.
12. ↑ British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
13. ↑ British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

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