Ernest Benjamin Grimble

A Leading Seaman with H.M.S. Kelly, Ernest died on 23rd of May 1941 at the age of 22. 

Ernest was born at Lowestoft on 18 May 1919, a son of Amos Benjamin and Elizabeth Georgina Grimble of Carlton Colville Suffolk. In 1921 his family lived at Stone Cottage, Union Place, Lowestoft.

Ernest's father died in 1933 and in 1939 his mother worked as an Assistant Nurse at Lothingland House, Oulton, and in 1945 she lived at 20 Lowestoft Road, Carlton Colville. 

Ernest served on H.M.S. Kelly, famously commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten. The Kelly was bombed, and sank, during the evacuation of Crete with the loss of 129 crew, including Ernest.