The brass wall plaque, pictured right, can be found in the wall at the far end of the main post office in Victoria Street.





The names are arranged in three columns.

GRIMSBY POST
OFFICE
IN MEMORY OF
THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE STAFF
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919

S R P Breeze    W H Lucas    J W Wheatley
        F Davison     A M Maidens    J W Wiles

W D Goodship    W J Osborne    E J Willerton

A L Hewitt      R E Parr     W H Woods

A Hopkin    J H Taylor     S A Wright

W F Johnson     B Waltham     W Wright

Their name liveth for evermore

SIDNEY RITCHIE PATRICK BREEZE
Pioneer 267589, 33rd Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers

Died: 23rd October 1918, aged 19 years

Son of Frederick G and Rosa Minnie Breeze, 14 Farebrother Street, Grimsby
Buried: Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau

F DAVISON

WILLIAM GOODSHIP
Able Seaman 177248

Died: 22 September 1914

Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial

William’s name is also recorded on the memorial plaque at St Peter’s Church, Cleethorpes

A L HEWITT

A HOPKIN

W E JOHNSTON

W H LUCAS

WILLIAM HAROLD

 
ARTHUR MERIDITH MAIDENS
Rifleman 3726, 8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment
Died: 17 September 1916, aged 19 years

Son of Arthur and Harriet Maidens, 100 Humberstone Road, Grimsby

Buried: Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt

WILLIAM JOHNSON OSBORNE
Lance Corporal 4156, 8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment

Died: 11 October 1916, aged 21 years

Son of John and Emma Osborne, 63 Clee Road, Cleethorpes

Buried: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension

R E PARR

JOHN HENRY TAYLOR
Deck Hand 242/DA, Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pekin

Died: 2 July 1915, aged 34 years

Husband of Annie Smith (formerly Taylor), 128 Guildford Street, Grimsby

Buried: Scartho Road Cemetery, Grimsby

B WALTHAM
Private 5581, 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died: 28 September 1914

Buried: Coulommiers Communal Cemetery

JAMES WILLIAM WHEATLEY
Rifleman B/200213, 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade

Died of wounds: October 1916, aged 27 years

Son of William and Zillar Ann Wheatley, 29 Manchester Street, New Cleethorpes

Buried: St Sever Cemetery, Rouen

Also commemorated on the Trinity Methodist Memorial.

J W WILES

ERNEST J WILLERTON
Rifleman 4997, 1st/8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment

Killed in action: 7 October 1916

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial

W H WOODS

S A WRIGHT

E WRIGHT