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Military service
Service number:
J/36370
Age:
20
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
433 Squadron
Birth:
July 3, 1924
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 17, 1944
Southwest of Langeland, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4. G. 2.
Additional information
Son of Sidney and Florence (née Peake) Grimble of Sturgeon Creek, Manitoba. Brother of William, Sarah, Mary, Jane and Martha. Nephew of Mrs. William Grimble of Long Stratton, Norfolk, England.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, General Service Badge, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings posthumously awarded on 6 January 1947.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Henry Grimble
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of HENRY GRIMBLE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Henry Grimble
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Letter
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Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Bob Boston, find-a-grave volunteer -
Document
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Memorial
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Memorial
Flying Officer Henry Grimble is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
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Photo of HENRY GRIMBLE
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Id card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HENRY GRIMBLE
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Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Grimble
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Grimble
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Grimble
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Grimble
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Grimble
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Grimble
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Grimble
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Grimble
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Grimble
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 322 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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