Eric George Norton GRIMBLE [1893-1966] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Eric George Norton GRIMBLE [1893-1966]

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Submitted by David on Mon, 2016-12-12 09:48
Names
Given: 
Eric George Norton
Family: 
Grimble
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1893-08-24
Birthplace (town, state): 
Kobe
Birthplace (country): 
Japan
Death
Date: 
1966-09-27

Mt Grimble is mentioned in A H Potts's diary entry for 12 Dec 1941, when Potts had moved to Shouson Hill:

I slept at Eric Grimble’s bungalow, a charming little place near the top of the hill overlooking Deepwater Bay and Aberdeen.

The exact address is given in the 1941 Jurors List:

c   Grimble, Eric George Norton Merchant, Grimble & Co. 37 Shouson Hill Road.

The DoB comes from John Black's list, which gives Mr Grimble's occupation in 1941 as "Ship Broker". 

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WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
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Submitted by annpake on Mon, 2019-10-14 21:18.

UK Foreign and Overseas Records

Born 24 August 1893 and baptised 28 October 1893 Kobe Japan son of Charles Frederick George Grimble and Edith Eliza Ann Grimble

Served as a Lieutenant  Hertforshire Regiment WWI and as a captain RAF

Reports of Death of American Citizens Abroad

Eric George Norton Grimble death 27 September 1966 in England born in Japan 24 August 1893 retired ship broker

Place of Death Brompton Hospital Chelsea London

Cremated at Golders Green Crematorium and ashes scattered tthe garden there.

Effects in the custody of Martha S Grimble his wife [she was his second wife]

Copy of the report sent to his wife in Washington DC and his son Doctor Ian Grimble Bettyhill, Thurso Scotland