GROVE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1722; in under school list 1723.
GROVE, RALPH, son of William Grove, London; b.; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1693, matr. 28 Jun 1693, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Dec 1693 - void 1703 (expiry year of grace as V. Thornbury); BA 1697; MA 1700; ordained; Vicar of Thornbury, Gloucs., from 1701; m. 2 Mar 1703/4 Mary, dau. of Joseph Glover, Thornbury, Gloucs., apothecary; d. 29 Sep 1728 (M. I. Thornbury, Gloucs. ).
GROVE, WOODWARD; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1727; left 1736. [Note George Woodward Grove, son of Thomas Grove, mercer, Andover, Hampshire, and Alicia, dau. of Rev. William Woodward, Rector of Baughurst, Hampshire; articled 17 Dec 1736 to John Howard, Inner Temple, attorney; of Whitchurch, Hampshire, in 1779; a riding surveyor, Hawkers and Pedlers Office, from 1759; m. (in 1770s) Elizabeth Riley (or Ragg); d. 1784 (will proved 3 Jun 1784, he of Chancery Lane, Middlesex)].
Grover, Sir Anthony Charles, son of Frederick John Grover of Northwood, Middx, and Ruby Emma, d. of William Baker Snowdon of Hampstead; b. 13 Oct. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (H); left Dec. 1924; an underwriting member of Lloyd's; Coldstream Guards 1940-5 (Maj.), despatches (Italy) July 1945, wounded; Committee of Lloyd's 1953-6; dep. chairman and treasurer Lloyd's Registry of Shipping 1956-8 and 1961-2, chairman 1963; dep. chairman of Lloyd's 1958, chairman 1959-60; chairman Lifeguard Assurance Ltd 1964; Kt 1973; Cdr Order of Leopold II, Order of Oranje-Nassau, Order of Danneborg; Pres. Elizabethan Club 1975-8; m. 1st 27 July 1931 Marjorie, d. of Sidney Everard Davies of Bournemouth; 2nd Feb. 1980 Mrs Grantley Loxton-Peacock; d. 3 Sept. 1981.
GROVES, HENRY GAGE DE LANCEY, son of Maj. John Richard Groves, Governor of Millbank Prison, Westminster; b. 9 Sep 1840; adm. 29 Jan 1852 (G); Cadet, EICS Madras 1856; Cornet, unattached, 20 Nov 1856; 7th Madras Light Cavalry 30 Jan 1857; Lieut., 2 Sep 1858; Capt., 4th Light Cavalry 20 Nov 1868; d. at Secunderabad, India 26 Dec 1872.
Groves, Louis Grimble, son of Keith Grimble Groves, barrister-at-law, and Dorothy, d. of Louis Herbert Moore; b. 1 Apr. 1921; adm. Jan. 1935 (R); left Dec. 1938; Univ. of Glasgow; RAF in WW2 (Serg. Met. Air Observer); killed on operational duties 10 Sept. 1945.
Louis Grimble Groves was born at Chelsea, London on the 1st of April 1921 the only child of Major Keith Grimble Groves, a barrister at law, and Dorothy (nee Moore) Groves of 4, York House, Kensington in London, later of “The Varrey”, Kirk Maughold on the Isle of Man. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from January 1935 to December 1938. He went on to the University of Liverpool where he was studying naval architecture when the war broke out.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, trained in Canada and rose to the rank of Sergeant. On his return to the UK he was based at the Metrological Office at RAF Brawdy.
Louis Groves and his crew took off from RAF Brawdy on the 10th of September 1945 in Halifax B (Met) Mk III RG380 X9-N on an “Epicure” sortie, to gather information on the weather over the North Atlantic. On their return to base, they were diverted to RAF Weston Zoyland due to bad weather. There was fog over Weston Zoyland when they arrived there and the aircraft was seen to pass over the airfield but, due to radio interference, communications were poor and it turned away. The aircraft was flying at a height of 1,000 feet when it crashed in dense fog into an escarpment in the Quantock Hills above Crowcombe Hall, to the south west of Williton in Somerset at 7.54pm, killing all on board.
The crew was: -
Pilot Officer Keith Gordon Proverbs (Pilot)
Flying Officer John Joseph Frederick Hobden
Flying Officer Lindsay George McMillan
Flying Officer Patrick Alfred Bee
Warrant Officer Roy Donald Cartwright
Flight Sergeant Dennis Norman Everett
Sergeant Louis Grimble Groves (Metrological Observer)
Sergeant John Macilrick Bryce Gordon (Metrological Observer)
Flight Sergeant Robert William Vinton
His funeral took place on the 15th of September 1945.
A Correspondent wrote of him: - “Louis Grimble Groves was a fine young man, a fine sportsman and extremely popular with all who knew him. He spent all his holidays in the Isle of Man and his many friends here and elsewhere will deeply regret his untimely death.”
The L. G. Groves Award was established in his memory by his parents in September 1946. The award is made to recognise those who work to improve safety in the aviation industry. A memorial was placed at the crash site in 2016.
He is buried at St Maughold’s Church.
Groves, Philip Lawrence Leslie Peer, son of William Peer Groves, author and explorer, and Margery, d. of Thomas Walker, barrister-at-law; b. 20 Apr. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (R); left Dec. 1931; RA in WW2; d. 5 Apr. 1967.
GRUBB, WILLIAM, son of Henry Grubb, St. James’s, Westminster, and Anne --- [perhaps Poulter (IGI)]; b. 2 Jun 1737; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1751; left 1751; Writer, EICS Bengal 1753; arrived in India 7 Jun 1754; Assistant in Export Warehouse, Calcutta; served as a volunteer during siege of Calcutta; smothered in Black Hole at Calcutta 20 Jun 1756.
Grundy, Charles James Estlin, son of Francis Estlin Grundy, editor The Brazilian Press, and Mabel, d. of John Claire of Leamington Spa; b. 28 Oct. 1915; adm. Sept. 1930 (A); left July 1932; Univ. Coll. Lond., LLB 1939; adm. a solicitor May 1938; Intell. Corps IA 1943-5 (Capt); in practice in Bombay, later in London.
Grundy, Eustace Horace Roger, son of the Rev. Ernest Paul Richard Grundy, Curate-incharge of Newtown, Berks; b. April 13, 1901; adm. March 1, 1917 (A); left July 1917; ord. deacon 1931, priest 1932 (Gloucester); Curate of St. James, Gloucester, 1931-3, of Thornbury, Glos., 1934-5, of Wareham, Dorset, 1935-7, of Hamworthy, Dorset, 1937-9, of St. Denys, Southampton, 1939; d. 7 Jun. 1945.