In memory of

Warrant Officer class 2

Philip Stanley Grindley

who died on 31 May 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Warrant Officer class 2
  Service number R85297
  Date of death 19430531
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R85297 Warrant Officer 2 (No. 407 Demon Squadron RCAF wireless air gunner) Philip Stanley Grindley (b.1920) of Moose Jaw was KIA 19430531 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. Grindley's Wellington failed to return from a night anti-submarine patrol over the Bay of Biscay. He was the son of Frank Grindley who came from Chester, Cheshire, to homestead SE19-25-2-W3 in the Rosemae district west of Girvin, and Hazel Lois (Hall) who was born and raised at Eastleigh. Philip was born at Moose Jaw and was working as a shipper at a bakery when he enlisted at Regina early in 1941. His three brothers all served with the Artillery overseas.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 161 - Moose Jaw
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Moose Jaw
  Geo-memorial Grindley Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.2°N / 102.3333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63M1
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Attitti Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19200410
  Place of birth Moose Jaw    
  Date of enlistment 19410127
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Moose Jaw    
  Occupation shipper
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