| Surname: | Grimley |
| Initials: | P |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 3853199 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the Loyal Regiment. 7/6/41 Transferred to CMP. Died 14/11/42. He was born and resided in Armagh. He died at sea. War Diary WO 169/6654, 115 Pro Coy, 22/7/1942, List of missing after operations in Western Desert: No. 3853199 L/Cpl Grimley P. He was captured in North Africa 6/42 and was being transported to Italy in a Italian ship SS Scillin with 810 other Prisoners of War, when the ship was attacked by the British Submarine HMS Sahib, 15 miles off Cap Bon, Tunisia. 5 other CMP Died with him: Dodds, Kinching, McCarthy, Mellowes and Murphy. Casualty List 891, Middle East, Missing, date not reported. Casualty List 972, Middle East previously shown on List 891 as missing now POW, date not reported. Casualty List 1288, previously reported POW in Italian hands, Middle East now reported Missing, previous List 972, date not reported, Casualty List 1355, at Sea, previously reported missing whilst POW, date not reported now presumed killed in action whilst POW in enemy hands, previous List 1288, 14/11/1942. Patrick Grimley. |
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| Imprisonment: | Not Known GERMANY 🇩🇪 |
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| Date of Death: | Nov. 14, 1942 |
| Company: | 115 PRO COY |
| CWGC Link: | 2768972 |
| Cemetery: | ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, EGYPT 🇪🇬 |
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