Army
De Gruchy, John Friend
John Friend De Gruchy
Rank: Private
Regiment: 14th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Parents: John & Emily De Gruchy
Sister’s Address: 22 Elphinstone Road, Hastings
Other Info: For Active Service. According to CWGC, John died aged 20 on 20th January 1918. He was serving with the 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment at the time. John is remembered at Manchester Southern Cemetery, grave reference Q.353 (Screen Wall).
Published: April 1916
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This man was born in Hastings like his two siblings in the 1911 census, when the family was in Bexley, Kent.
His father was a pastry cook, born in London, while his mother was born in Bodiam. They had married in 1893 at Dallington parish church, he a widower, a confectioner, from Christ Church, St Leonards, aged 39. She was 37, daughter of John Friend, farmer. The farmer died in 1916 in Hastings. His widow died in 1926 in Epsom.