Family of John Rowan Grimsdale and Margaret Winifred Hughes

1940 wedding Walsall Observer John Rowan Grimsdale to Margaret Winifred Hughes

Husband:
John Rowan Grimsdale (1917-1987)
Wife:
Margaret Winifred Hughes (1919-2012)
Status:
Divorced
Marriage:
18 Sep 1940
St. Piran's Church, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England¹ ² ³
2nd Lieutenant John Rowan Grimsdale R.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Grimsdale of Kelsall Lodge Tunbridge Wells, to Margaret Winifred Hughes , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hughes of Bay Hotel Perranporth (formerly of Lichfield Road Walsall)

Husband: John Rowan Grimsdale

1939 RA attestation John Rowan Grimsdale

1987 burial John Rowan Grimsdale

Name:
John Rowan Grimsdale⁴ ⁵
Sex:
Male
Father:
Arthur Gerald Grimsdale (1889-1971)
Mother:
Constance Mercia Oakley (1892-1957)
Birth:
11 Jul 1917
Maida Vale, London, England⁴ ⁶ ⁵
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 3 yrs 11 mns)
Rabbs Mill House, Cowley Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England⁷
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, England⁶
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:931304⁸
Medals:
22 Jun 1948⁹
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, England⁵ ¹⁰ ¹¹
Burial:
3 Nov 1987
Uckfield, East Sussex, England¹⁰
aged 70 of Robinswood Fairhazel Piltdown, unsure which cemetery this burial took place in
Probate:
22 Mar 1988
Probate Registry, Brighton, East Sussex, England¹¹
of Robins Wood Piltdown Uckfield East Sussex died 3rd November 1987, probate of £338,872 (~£794,000 in 2017)

Name:
Margaret Winifred Hughes¹² ¹ ² ³
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
hotel receptionist¹³
Birth:
22 Aug 1919
Walsall, Staffordshire, England¹² ¹⁴ ¹³
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 1 yr 9 mns)
5 Church Street, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales¹⁴
daughter living in three rooms with her parents Charles and Winifred. Born in Walsall Staffordshire
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 20)
The <unreadable> Hotel, Perranporth, Cornwall, England¹³
an unmarried hotel receptionist living with her parents Charles and Charlotte, and four others. Born on 22nd August 1919 and married a Grimsdale at a later date
Death:
4 May 2012 (age 92)
Torbay "Registration District", Devon, England¹⁵ ¹⁶
Probate:
9 Aug 2012
Probate Registry, Birmingham, West Midlands, England¹⁶
grant and will, died 4th May 2012

Divorce assumed as John remarried

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

1.: FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Cornishman 26th September 1940 page:8. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.

2.: Ibid. The Walsall Observer 28th September 1940 page:8. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.

3.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Truro 1940 quarter:3 volume:5c page:421. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.

4.: 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.

5.: 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.

6.: 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.

7.: 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.

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

9.: 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.

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

11.: 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.

12.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Walsall 1919 quarter:3 volume:6b page:1229. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.

13.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6740I page:12 line:6 letter code:WBQJ. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.

14.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:27727 registration district:623 sub-district:2 enumeration district:8, 16 schedule:109. Cit. Date: 3 June 2026.

15.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Torbay 2012 quarter:2 district:4221C entry:506697218. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.

16.: 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). Birmingham 2012 no:3827829. Cit. Date: 2 June 2026.