Leading Seaman Alfred John Grandin
Royal Navy. SS Garron Head
16/11/1917
1914-15 Star
Son of John and Clara Grandin, of 15, Journeaux St.,
St. Helier, Jersey
Killed in action, aged 33 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Thursday 29 November 1917
Roll of Honour. As we briefly stated yesterday
Leading Seaman Alfred Grandin, who was serving as a
member of the guns crew on a transport is regarded by
the Admiralty as having lost his life on 16 November,
the vessel he was serving on having been sunk. The official
message states there was a tremendous explosion and
the vessel is reported to have gone down in 30 seconds.
Seaman Grandin was, unfortunately, not amongst the survivors
landed of whom, according t the reports received, there
were only two. The late sailor was the second son of
Mrs Le Breton of 8 Journeaux Street and was 33. We tender
the mother and other relatives our sincere sympathy.
