Robert Charles Grimble

A Driver with 1 Company, 32nd Divisional Train, Robert died on 11th of August 1918 at the age of 40. 

Robert was born at Kirkley in 1878, a son of Alfred and Emma Grimble. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Kirkley, on 28 April 1878. By 1881 his father had died and his family lived at 1 Waterworks Lane, Kirkley.  

On 15 September 1900 Robert married Esther Sarah Smith at Beccles Parish Church. They lived at 5 Waterworks Lane before moving to 2 Flora Terrace, Flora Road, off Carlton Road, Pakefield.

From around 1905, and for the next ten years, Robert worked as a carter for Arthur Balls of Beccles Road.

Robert volunteered to join the Army and he enlisted at Lowestoft on 5 January 1915. He served with the Army Service Corps, initially with 202 Company 26th Divisional Train and, later with 32nd Divisional Train. He served in France from 18 September 1915. He was serving with 1 Company 32nd Divisional Train when, on 11 August 1918, he received shrapnel wounds to his left left and buttocks. Robert died from his wounds at 48th Casualty Clearing Station. 

Robert's son Arthur died in 1944 while serving with the Royal Marine Siege Regiment.