| 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 894/3, Middle East, Missing, date not reported. Casualty List 972/3, Middle East previously shown on List 891 as missing now POW, date not reported. Casualty List 1288/9, previously reported POW in Italian hands, Middle East now reported Missing, previous List 972, date not reported, Casualty List 1355/10, 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. 12/4/50 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, War Medal. Address:- Mr P Grimley, Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland., 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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