See also

Family of John Rowan Grimsdale and Patricia Vera Farr

Husband: John Rowan Grimsdale

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1939 RA attestation John Rowan Grimsdale

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1987 burial John Rowan Grimsdale

  • Name:

  • John Rowan Grimsdale2 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Arthur Gerald Grimsdale (1889-1971)

  • Mother:

  • Constance Mercia Oakley (1892-1957)

  • Birth:

  • 11 Jul 1917

  • Maida Vale, London, England2 4 3

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 3 yrs 11 mns)

  • Rabbs Mill House, Cowley Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England5

  •  

  • son living in ten rooms with his parents Arthur and Mercia, sister Sanchia, and two servants. Born in Maida Vale London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • 29 Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried student awaiting call up by the R.A. (Royal Artillery) and living with his parents Arthur and Constance, sister Sanchia, and five others. Born on 11th July 1917

  • Military Service:

  • 1939 (age 21-22)

  • British Army Royal Artillery as no:9313046

  • Medals:

  • 22 Jun 19487

  •  

  •  

  • 1939-45, Burma, Defence and War medals

  • Administrator:

  • 12 Sep 1957 (age 40)

  •  

     

    John Rowan Grimsdale was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Constance Mercia Oakley on Thursday on 12 September 1957 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • 3 Nov 1987 (age 70)

  • Surrey "Mid Eastern Registration District", Surrey, England3 8 9

  • Burial:

  • 3 Nov 1987

  • Uckfield, East Sussex, England8

  •  

  • aged 70 of Robinswood Fairhazel Piltdown, unsure which cemetery this burial took place in

  • Probate:

  • 22 Mar 1988

  • Probate Registry, Brighton, East Sussex, England9

  •  

  • of Robins Wood Piltdown Uckfield East Sussex died 3rd November 1987, probate of £338,872 (~£794,000 in 2017)

Wife: Patricia Vera Farr

  • Name:

  • Patricia Vera Farr10 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 17 Nov 1920

  • Mitcham, Surrey, England10 11 12

  •  

  • 1939 register says born 17th November 1921

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 7 mns)

  • The Croft, Commonside East, Mitcham, Surrey, England13

  •  

  • daughter living in fourteen rooms with her parents Gerald and Vera, brother Peter, a gardener, a childrens nurse, and two servants. Born in Mitcham Surrey

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 18)

  • 4 Manor Grove, Tonbridge, Kent, England11

  •  

  • unmarried and seeking occupation and living with her widowed mother Vera, and two others. Born on 17th November 1921

  • Death:

  • 18 May 2003 (age 82)

  • Worthing "Registration District", West Sussex, England12 14

  • Probate:

  • 29 Aug 2003

  • Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England14

  •  

  • grant and will, died 18th May 2003

Note on Husband: John Rowan Grimsdale

Note that John's date of death and burial are the same, it is assumed that either the probate record or parish burial register has an incorrect date

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Chelsea 1952 quarter:4 volume:5c page:472. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Paddington 1917 quarter:3 volume:1a page:16. Cit. Date: 31 May 2026.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey Mid Eastern 1987 quarter:4 volume:17 page:62. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1774A page:3 line:1 letter code:DIPA. Cit. Date: 31 May 2026.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:6163 registration district:127 sub-district:1 enumeration district:27 schedule:1. Cit. Date: 31 May 2026.

6.

FindMyPast Royal Artillery attestations 1883-1942 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). 1939 poage:31 no:931304. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.

7.

Ancestry British Army World War II Medal Cards, 1939-1945, (on-line at www. ancestry.co.uk). Royal Artillery (L.A.A.) no:145509. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.

8.

Ancestry Parish Burials, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Uckfield burials 1960-1988. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.

9.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Brighton 1988 page:3357 no:8851304711F. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Croydon 1920 quarter:4 volume:2a page:719. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.

11.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1795J page:6 line:9 letter code:DIYL. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Worthing 2003 quarter:2 district:7861E register:4ED entry:286 date:0503. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.

13.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3551 registration district:39 sub-district:6 enumeration district:19 schedule:262. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.

14.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Winchester 2003 no:1314081. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.