GROCUTT, ARTHUR
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Private
5379668
21/09/1944
31
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
Additional information:
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.
My Grandfather Arthur Grocutt is buried here.
He volunteered to go back to Holland to help assist the younger men. He had already been over previously. Sadly he did not make it back.
My Mother was 2 when he passed away. She is almost 83 now and we had a trip over in March to visit the grave and the surrounding area. I will enclose a few photos. Some are from our recent visit, one is of Arthur as a younger man and the other is of my Grandma Amy visiting a couple of years I believe after my Grandfather was killed.
