Every Name a Story

B.D. Grieves 1940
Rank : Chief Steward

South Shields

Benjamin Dowell  Grieves

Every Name a Story

On Tower Hill Memorial is the name of Chief Steward Benjamin Dowell Grieves, serving on S.S. Gretafield (Newcastle upon Tyne) with the Merchant Navy who died 14/02/1940.

The son of William and Elizabeth Ann Grieves and the husband of Jane Ellen Grieves, of South Shields, Co. Durham.

Acknowledgments: Barney Rice.

Benjamin Dowell Grieves is remembered at South Shields on S86.036, at Westoe in W101.08 page 31 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Benjamin Dowell

Last Name: Grieves

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 14/02/1940

Age: 46

Rank: Chief Steward

Regiment: Merchant Navy

Unit/Ship: S.S. Gretafield (Newcastle upon Tyne)

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