GROVES, James William

Dunkirk Memorial, FranceCredit: CWGC

Private
1 Supply Personnel Corps
Royal Army Service Corps

James was born 1902 in Newport to James & Matilda (nee TAYLOR) GROVES The 1911 Census had the family living at 2 Holyrood Street in Newport. He married Elsie May BRAMBLE in 1926 at St Mary’s Church in Carisbrooke.

James, aged 38, was reported Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 19th of May 1940 during the historic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in France of May 1940.

James is commemorated by the Commission on the Dunkirk Memorial to the Missing in France together with 4,507 of his Dunkirk comrades.

James is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.