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1901 Census: 10 Sainsbury Road, Lambeth, London
William Grant, Head, Mar, 47, Bricklayer, b. Norwood, London
Kate L. Grant, Wife, 36, b. Great Bradley, Suffolk
Bertram Grant, Son, Un, 13, Telegraph Messenger, b. Norwood, London
Evelyn Grant, Daur, Un, 11, b. Norwood, London
Archibald Grant, Son, Un, 8, b. Norwood, London
Robert Grant, Son, Un, 5, b. Norwood, London
Lilian Grant, Daur, Un, 3, b. Norwood, London
Alexander Grant, Son, Un, 1, b. Norwood, London
1901 Census: 10 Sainsbury Road, Lambeth, London
William Grant, Head, Mar, 47, Bricklayer, b. Norwood, London
Kate L. Grant, Wife, 36, b. Great Bradley, Suffolk
Bertram Grant, Son, Un, 13, Telegraph Messenger, b. Norwood, London
Evelyn Grant, Daur, Un, 11, b. Norwood, London
Archibald Grant, Son, Un, 8, b. Norwood, London
Robert Grant, Son, Un, 5, b. Norwood, London
Lilian Grant, Daur, Un, 3, b. Norwood, London
Alexander Grant, Son, Un, 1, b. Norwood, London
1901 Census: 10 Sainsbury Road, Lambeth, London
William Grant, Head, Mar, 47, Bricklayer, b. Norwood, London
Kate L. Grant, Wife, 36, b. Great Bradley, Suffolk
Bertram Grant, Son, Un, 13, Telegraph Messenger, b. Norwood, London
Evelyn Grant, Daur, Un, 11, b. Norwood, London
Archibald Grant, Son, Un, 8, b. Norwood, London
Robert Grant, Son, Un, 5, b. Norwood, London
Lilian Grant, Daur, Un, 3, b. Norwood, London
Alexander Grant, Son, Un, 1, b. Norwood, London
1901 Census: 10 Sainsbury Road, Lambeth, London
William Grant, Head, Mar, 47, Bricklayer, b. Norwood, London
Kate L. Grant, Wife, 36, b. Great Bradley, Suffolk
Bertram Grant, Son, Un, 13, Telegraph Messenger, b. Norwood, London
Evelyn Grant, Daur, Un, 11, b. Norwood, London
Archibald Grant, Son, Un, 8, b. Norwood, London
Robert Grant, Son, Un, 5, b. Norwood, London
Lilian Grant, Daur, Un, 3, b. Norwood, London
Alexander Grant, Son, Un, 1, b. Norwood, London
1901 Census: 10 Sainsbury Road, Lambeth, London
William Grant, Head, Mar, 47, Bricklayer, b. Norwood, London
Kate L. Grant, Wife, 36, b. Great Bradley, Suffolk
Bertram Grant, Son, Un, 13, Telegraph Messenger, b. Norwood, London
Evelyn Grant, Daur, Un, 11, b. Norwood, London
Archibald Grant, Son, Un, 8, b. Norwood, London
Robert Grant, Son, Un, 5, b. Norwood, London
Lilian Grant, Daur, Un, 3, b. Norwood, London
Alexander Grant, Son, Un, 1, b. Norwood, London
Sydney was drowned at sea, near Anzio, Italy, after his ship, HMS Penelope, was torpedoed by a German Submarine U410 on the 18th February 1944. The ship was nicknamed "Pepperpot", possibly after being targeted by over 200 German bombers, whilst being repaired in a Maltese harbour. During her spell in the Mediterranean, she destroyed 4 Italian Cruisers and an entire Italian Convoy, between November 1941 and Easter 1942.
The crew of 417 are honoured at Portsmouth Naval Memorial and on a plaque at St. Anne's Church in Portsmouth Dockyard.
Further details of HMS Penelope can be found at the Penelope Association Website.
Sydney's brother-in-law, Jack Alfred Bridgen, had a 2nd cousin, Henry Alfred Bridgen, who was also drowned on HMS Penelope. It is not known if Sydney & Henry knew of their relationship.
Details from War Graves Commission:
Name: GRANT, SYDNEY ARTHUR
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Penelope
Age: 41
Date of Death: 18/02/1944
Service No: P/J 100859
Additional information: Son of William and Kate Grant.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 82, Column 2.
Cemetery: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
NOTES from John Bridgen (brother)
Dick, my elder brother, had fought through the Italian campaign in WW2.He joined up on his 18th birthday, 16th Feb 1939, in the Territorial unit, the Surrey Yeomanry with all his friends. Subsequently he was called up on 1st September 1939. In 1940 he was hospitalised with pneumonia while his regiment, by that time combined with the Sussex Yeomanry and turned Royal Artillery, was posted to the Middle East. (It was at that time that his cousin,Claude, was killed at Kenley.
His mother had successfully peaded that her only son should have a compassionate posting from the Orkneys to a base nearer London.) Dick was subsequently sent north to Durham and directed to Officer Cadet Training Unit, ultimately achieving the rank of Major.
He was in RECCE and in due course, after El Alamein and the N.African victories, was posted to the Middle East and thereafter served throughout the Italian campaign, was wounded, took part in one of the saddest episodes - the forcible (with false and non-believed promises as to their destination) return from the area around Trieste to Tito's Yugoslavia and to wretched incarceration, torture and death of the Serb soldiers who had fought under Mihailovich, combatting the Germans but deemed by Tito and the communists to have been fascists.
This action was taken in adherence to agreements made at Yalta in the 1945 conference of Stalin, Rooseveld and Churchill. To my naive question,"Why?" Dick's answer was "What else?" We had fought one major war. Were we going to incur the wrath of the Russians to save Mihailovich's men, when there were thousands of allied troops in German POW camps overrun by the Russians? Dick ended up his service as part of the army of occupation in Austria and I am sure had a good time, with stories of hijacking German staff cars parked by the Russians who had them under sentry guard. He parried my youthful enthusasm for our glorious Russian allies with the question, "Have you ever met the Red Army?" and telling me of Viennese hotels with whole floors used as public latrines, deep in untreated sewage. He was demobilised in February 1947 some two weeks before my escape from the Royal Navy where I had had the good fortune to serve in Ceylon and Singapore, travelling out on HMS Indefatigable and back on a sister aircraft carrier, the Victorious. Dick subsequently returned to B.P. becoming later General Manager Tokyo. I miss him very much.
Re. Broadbent connection: My uncle Harold and Cissie assisted the courtship and at that time they came to know the Broadbents of Wallington very well. If there had been a known connection I am sure he would have discovered it.