Gruchy family members who served in World War 1

Gruchy family members who served in the Great War

Captain Frank Le Maistre Gruchy, killed at Armentieres in 1914

Four members of the family lost their lives while serving in the armed forces and a further 15 saw active service in World War 1.

The dates shown are often birth or baptism dates from our database, not necessarily those shown on service records, and parishes shown are parish of birth, where known, not the parish in which individuals were living when they joined up.

Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc

Sons of Charles and Mary Ann, nee Hicks, of Jersey

• Arthur Gordon Gruchy (1889-1915) (Paris) Private, Canadian Infantry, drowned while training in England
• Charles Herbert Gruchy (1884-1916) Private, Canadian Infantry, killed in action
• Stanley Philip Gruchy (1891-1963), L-Cpl Canadian Infantry, wounded

• Frank Le Maistre Gruchy (1876-1914) son of George and Mary Ann Gruchy, Captain, Leicestershire Regiment, killed in action
• John Gruchy (1885-1918) son of Emile Leon and Augustine Marie, nee Malassis, Corporal, Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in action
• Thomas Joseph Grouchy (1896-1918) (Nfld), son of Elias and Elizabeth; Private, Newfoundland Regiment, killed in action near Armentières, 17 April 1918
• Alfred James Gruchy (1890-1934) (St H), son of Alfred Machon and Elizabeth Ann Gaudion; Carpenter, RN, HMS Minotaur, HMS Victory II
• Bernard Gruchy (1899- ) (St H), RNAS, RAF, Officer's Steward RN
• Charles Reginald Gruchy (1882- ) (Wales), son of Charles Romeril and Elizabeth Roberts; Private, 15th London Regiment
• Charles Philip Gruchy (1880-1921) (Can.), son of Peter William and Eliza Lucy; Private, 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
• Claude Gruchy, son of Lyndon George (Jamaica), 2nd Lieutenant, West India Regiment
• Ernest Edward Gruchy (1894-1943), Corporal, 5th London Regiment, then Royal Fusiliers; served again in WW2, Lieutenant, R.A.P.C., died on war service
• Eric Llewellyn Gruchy (1899- ) (Gr), son of Charles Romeril and Elizabeth Roberts, OV; Gunner RGA
• Ernest Romeril Gruchy, son of Charles Romeril and Elizabeth Roberts; Gunner RGA
• Frank Gruchy (1899- ), of St John`s, Newfoundland, enlisted 11 January 1917
• George Gruchy (1888-1984) (Tr), son of Charles and Caroline Binet; Aircraftsman, RAF (1918)
• George Langton Gruchy (1889-1971) (St S), son of Peter and Mary Ann Davis; Private, Royal Fusiliers, wounded
• George Le Maistre Gruchy (1870- ) (St S), son of Mary Ann, Major, Militia
• Gerald Ivor Gruchy (1892- ) (Gr), son of Charles and Elizabeth, OV, Corporal RJGB
• Guy Henry Gruchy (1887- ) (St S), son of Peter and Mary Ann Davis, Private, Devonshire Regiment
• Harold Binet Gruchy (1895-1964) (Can.), son of David and Eva M.; served with The Canadian Expeditionary Force
• Horatio William Grouchy (1882-1921) (Nfld), son of Jesse and Lucy Marion Langmead, enlisted in 1915; Private, Newfoundland Regiment, prisoner of war, 14th April 1917
• John George Gruchy (1893- ) (St H), son of John George and Annie Vasselin, Private, Wiltshire then Dorsetshire, Regiment
• John Ernest Gruchy (1889- ) (Eng.), son of Walter John and Lilie Jane; Lance-Corporal, London Scottish, was prisoner of war
• Lewis John Gruchy (as Lewis John de Gruchy) (1874- ) (NS, Can), son of John Philip and Henrietta H. Weeks; served as Private, 18th Garrison Res. Bn., and Army Railway and Forestry Dept.
• Lyndon Stanley Gruchy, son of Lyndon George (Jamaica), Lieutenant, West Africa Frontier Force
• Philip Alfred Gruchy (1882- ) (St Mt), son of Philip and Elise Marais; Private, Hampshire Regiment
• Philip Henry Gruchy (1893- ) (St H), son of Philip Henry and Laura Jane Hacquoil , Private, Somerset Light Infantry
• Philip Gruchy (1892-1967) (Nfld) OBE, son of Jesse and Lucy Marion Langmead, enlisted in 1916; Private, Newfoundland Regiment
• Philip John Gruchy (1869-1954) (Nfld), probably son of Francis and Mary Hudson, enlisted in 1914; Private, Newfoundland Regiment
• Philip Wilfred Gruchy (St S), Private, Wiltshire Regiment
• Reginald Ansell Gruchy (1892- ) (Can.), son of David and Eva M.; served with The Canadian Expeditionary Force
• Roy Patterson Gruchy (1887- ) (NS, Can.), son of John Philip and Henrietta H. Weeks; served with The Canadian Expeditionary Force
• Samuel Gruchy (1894- ), of Topsail, Newfoundland, enlisted 23 October 1917
• Sidney Victor Gruchy (1886-1951) (Lon), son of Alfred Thomas Gruchy (Tr), Aircraft Mechanic RAF, who served also with the Royal Naval Air Service
• Stanley Gruchy (1894- ) (St H), Private RASC
• Thomas Gruchy (1885-1944) (Tr), son of Charles and Caroline Binet; served in RN (1903-1925- ) in many ships, Able Seaman, HMS Dido, finally Petty Officer. Died at Portsmouth
• Richard Stephen Gruchy (1886- ) (Eng.), son of Walter John and Lilie Jane; Private, 24th London Regiment, then 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery