Lives of the First World War

known 19th July 1918

The interment of Second-Lieut G H Grimshaw, South Lancashire Regt, attached Royal Air Force, who was accidentally killed while flying in Scotland… took place at the Macclesfield Cemetery on Sunday afternoon. The family mourners were: First carriage: Mr and Mrs G Grimshaw, father and mother; Miss Lizzie Grimshaw, sister; Martin (sic) Percy Grimshaw, brother; Mrs Slack, grandmother; Mrs Dean, aunt. Second carriage: Lieuts. Boyce and Hill, RAF, Montrose; Mrs Oliver, aunt; Mr J Grimshaw, uncle; Mrs Orme, aunt; and Mr A Grimshaw, uncle. Third carriage: Miss Ethel Grimshaw, Miss Lydia Grimshaw, Master Eric Dean (cousins); Mrs Frederick Grimshaw, Mrs J Grimshaw, and Mrs A Grimshaw (aunts)… Mr C Shaw, headmaster of Daybrook Street School, writing from Colwyn Bay on Sunday, states: “I have just heard of the terrible news of your son’s death. It was a great shock to me, not only because George was one of my boys, but also because I knew how good a young man he was… As a boy at school he gave promise of becoming such a man… It seems but a few days since I last saw him in the company of his pal, Sam Swindells, now, alas! no more! Another good lad gone! Two better boys I never turned out…"

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