Officers- WO1s & Sgts No1 Commando-back row 3rd from left Sgt Durrant VC.
Date: 16/05/2010
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Owner: Andy Maines
Sergeant Major John Henry Grimsey
In Memory of CH/X 53 Sergeant Major John Henry Grimsey
No.45 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines,
who died on the 7th June 1944 aged 33
Remembered with honour at Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France.
Notes on rank.
In the book The Story of 45RM Commando written by an officer of 45RM Cdo and made available after the war ended to all who served, the rank of John Grimsey is shown as R.S.M. The CWGC show his rank as Sgt. Major which may have been his war substantive rank
