Grantley Scull
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 15884
Parents: Samuel and Matilda Scull
Home address: Hanham Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Coal Miner
Date of birth: 1886
Place of birth: St. George, Bristol
Date of death: 10/07/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age: 31
Further information:
Grantley was born in St. George, Bristol, the son of a shoemaker and a middle child of four with a sister and two brothers. At the age of 15 he began work as a boot maker in Kingswood but by the age of 25 he had moved up to Yorkshire, was boarding with the Prichard family and working as a miner.
Grantley enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1914 and was mobilised to France that same August, where his battalion engaged in various actions on the Western Front. Grantley was wounded and awarded wound stripes in October 1915 and again in August 1916. He was killed in action during the British Flanders Offensive (7th June - 10th November 1917) which was fought in the Ypres Salient (West-Flanders) and culminated in the Battle of Passchendaele.
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This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/