GROCUTT, ARTHUR
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Private
5379668
21/09/1944
35
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Bn.
I. B. 06.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends
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Husband of Amy Muriel Grocutt, of Bilston, Staffordshire.
Born on 9-8-1913. Arthur was killed in action in the vicinity of the Wilhelmina Canal near the village of Oirschot. He was initially buried at the village of Oerle. Before the WWII he was in Burma. He received the Burma 1930-32 ,clasp on the 9th of August 1933.
From surviving service records, the following outline of Arthur Grocutt’s life and military service can be reconstructed.
Arthur Grocutt was born on 18 January 1909 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Before enlistment he worked as a crane driver. He married Amy Muriel Hurriman on 8 April 1939, and together they had three children. His physical description records him as being 5 feet 4¼ inches tall, with brown eyes and dark brown hair.
He enlisted in the British Army on 28 March 1930 and joined the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
He served overseas in India from 24 November 1931 until 29 November 1937. During the early stages of the Second World War he served with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 2 October 1939 until 31 May 1940.
Arthur Grocutt embarked for service in North West Europe on 24 June 1944.
He was killed in action on 21 September 1944.
