Birth: January-March 1895 Winchester, Hampshire, UK
Father: Joseph Groves 1846-1921
Mother: Winifred (Winefred, Winefrida) Charlotte Croucher 1851-1925
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: 31 May 1917 France Memorial: Bay 7, Arras Memorial, Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
None known
Birth of Andrew Robert Groves in FreeBMD in January-March 1895 in Winchester (2c 122).
In the 1901 census as Andrews (sic - in the index, Andrew on the original) Groves aged 6, born in Winchester, Hampshire, and living with his parents (Joseph and Winefred), three brothers (Bernard, George and William), and two sisters (Frances and Winefred) at 4 King Alfred Place, St Bartholomew Hyde, Hampshire.
In the 1911 census as Andrew Groves aged 16, born in Winchester, Hampshire, single, no stated employment, and living with his parents (Joseph and Winifred), brother (George) and two sisters (Agnes, and Frances) in five rooms at 13 King Alfred Place, Winchester, Hampshire.
Entry in Ancestry UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 for Andrew Robert Groves aged 21 years 2 months, single, address 43 Stile Hall Gardens, Chiswick, a motor body builder, height 5? ft 2.75 in, chest 34 in, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, next of kin Joseph Groves of 43 Stile Hall Gardens, Chiswick, No. 36845 (sic - on the handwritten original) dated ? 1916.. There is a memorandum dated 13 May 1918 regarding the personal possessions of 34568 Private Andrew Robert Groves 16th Bat Middlesex Regt. to be sent to Joseph Groves 43 Stile Hall Gardens, Chiswick W4.
Entry in Ancestry UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 for Andrew Robert Groves, address 43 Stile Hale Gardens, Chiswick, private 34568 died 30 September 1917 (this date conflicts with other dates).
Entry in Ancestry UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 for Andrew Robert Groves born in Winchester, Hants, residence Chiswick, Middlesex, private G/34568 Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment, 16th Battalion, enlisted Hounslow, Middlesex, killed in action on 31 May 1917 in France and Flanders.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 for Andrew Robert Groves private 34568 Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment, death presumed 31 May 1917, paid £2 10s. 7d. to Joseph father 12 November 1919.
Entry in Ancestry UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 for Andrew Robert Groves private G/34568, company WO 329, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge´s Own) British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Entry in FindaGrave for Private Andrews R. Groves died 31 May 1917 Bay 7, Arras Memorial, Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Remains lie elsewhere.
There are ten entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Andrew Robert Groves.
Andrew Robert Groves was the third great granddson of James Croucher
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