GRAINGER, Frederick George

192517 Sapper, Royal Engineers, 665 Construction Company

Date of Birth: 15/01/1893 in Grantham

Died 21/06/1940, Age 47, at Folkstone Race Course, RAF Westenhanger, Stanford Road

Buried 26/06/1940

Son of John James Grainger (b 1867 London) and Alice Rebecca Saunders

Brother of Albert (b 1891), Ernest (b 1892), William (b 1894), Arthur (b 1898)

Father John was a stone mason and seems to have moved around a lot, with the children born in Norwich, Grantham, Cambridge and Doncaster. The Family also lived in York before settling in Grimsby. In 1911, they were living at 121 Tunnard Street.

Husband of Alice Mary Catherine Grainger (nee Goldsmith), married 1919 in Grimsby

Father of Peggy (b 1924), Albert F. (b 1927), Olive D. (b.1930), James E (b. 1933), Kathleen M (b. 1936), all born Grimsby. There was also a child, stillborn at Cleethorpes Maternity Home on 10/08/1939

Occupation (1939) – Lumper on Fish Docks

Address at time of death: 6 Hart Street, Cleethorpes

During 1940 and 1941, RAF Westenhanger at Folkstone Racecourse was used as a decoy airfield, complete with inflatable aircraft set up along the racecourse to make it look like an active airfield. It was at the heart of Hellfire Corner, so named due to the battering it received during the Battle of Britain.