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Pte. John Edward Gravenor
British Army 3rd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:2 Laurel Place, Bellis Street, Birmingham
(d.29th Jul 1916)
Medals were issued to John Gravenor in 1922 alongside the death Penny. From the records, our family can only assume John went missing in action as at some point on his records someone wrote deserted 29th of July 1916 only for this to be crossed out.
His body was never found and his name was missed off any war memorials for nearly 100 years. After petitioning the Commonwealth War Grave Commission, his name will be added to the Dorian Memorial in Salonika. The place in which he died. A week before the centenary of his death our family managed to get his name added to the Birmingham hall of memory in the Book of Remembrance. I heard many stories about John when growing up from older members of my family. Their story always was that he was crossing a river and never returned to his battalion. He was my great uncle.
