Richard Grimmer

A Private with the 2nd Battalion, Richard died on 30th of April 1917 at the age of 30. 

Richard was born at Lowestoft in 1886, a son of George and Phoebe Grimmer. By 1891 his father had died and his family lived at Bank Court, 5 Mariner’s Street, Lowestoft. In 1901 they lived at 4 Bank Court and Richard was a messenger boy. In 1914 Richard’s mother married John Revell and lived at 2 Richmond Place, Richmond Road, Lowestoft. 

In 1909 Richard married Sarah Elizabeth Howe. In 1911 they lived at 5 Fir Lane and Richard worked as a fish curer. 

Richard enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, service number 2067, and was posted to the 1/4th Battalion in France. Subsequently he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, service number 43732. 

By 23 April 1917 the 2nd Battalion were in Corps reserve at Arras. The next day they moved to Shrapnel and Pick trenches. These trenches had been heavily shelled rendered useless. The battalion war diary states that on 29-30 April one man was killed and four men wounded. 

Richard was killed in action on 30 April.