{"id":1315,"date":"2015-12-29T16:39:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T16:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2018-02-14T16:44:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T16:44:12","slug":"groombridge-victor-albert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/12\/groombridge-victor-albert\/","title":{"rendered":"Groombridge, Victor Albert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18317\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Groombridge-Victor-A-3-0517.jpg\" alt=\"Victor Groombridge\" width=\"221\" height=\"464\" data-wp-pid=\"18317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Groombridge-Victor-A-3-0517.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Groombridge-Victor-A-3-0517-143x300.jpg 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12849 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Groombridge-Victor-2-0716.jpg\" alt=\"Victor Groombridge\" width=\"202\" height=\"412\" data-wp-pid=\"12849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Groombridge-Victor-2-0716.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Groombridge-Victor-2-0716-147x300.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1316 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Groombridge-Victor-1014.jpg\" alt=\"Victor Groombridge\" width=\"191\" height=\"392\" data-wp-pid=\"1316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Groombridge-Victor-1014.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Groombridge-Victor-1014-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/>Victor Albert Groombridge<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Rank:<\/em>\u00a01st Class Petty Officer<\/p>\n<p><em>Ship:<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Hampshire_(1903)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HMS Hampshire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Parents:<\/em>\u00a0Mr\u00a0Joseph &amp; Mrs Mary Groombridge<\/p>\n<p><em>Sister:<\/em> Mrs G A Dunk<\/p>\n<p><em>Brother-in-Law:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/06\/dunk-george-alfred\/\">George Alfred Dunk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Address:<\/em>\u00a0Old Town, Hastings<\/p>\n<p><em>Other Info:<\/em>\u00a0Recently promoted (as of October 1914). Victor was\u00a0one of 650 lost when\u00a0HMS Hampshire was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=46NL_hIZr3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sunk by a mine on 5th June 1916<\/a>. Field Marshall Lord Kitchener and his staff were also on board and lost. Victor is remembered on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwgc.org\/find-a-cemetery\/cemetery\/144703\/PORTSMOUTH%20NAVAL%20MEMORIAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portsmouth Naval Memorial<\/a>, on panel 11.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published:<\/em>\u00a0October 1914, July 1916 &amp; May 1917<\/p>\n<p>Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this\u00a0person.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Albert Groombridge Rank:\u00a01st Class Petty Officer Ship:\u00a0HMS Hampshire Parents:\u00a0Mr\u00a0Joseph &amp; Mrs Mary Groombridge Sister: Mrs G A Dunk Brother-in-Law: George Alfred Dunk Address:\u00a0Old Town, Hastings Other Info:\u00a0Recently promoted (as of October 1914). Victor was\u00a0one of 650 lost when\u00a0HMS Hampshire was sunk by a mine on 5th June 1916. Field Marshall Lord Kitchener and his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6,124,617,18,759,9,17,188],"class_list":["post-1315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-navy","tag-hastings","tag-hms-hampshire","tag-july-1916","tag-killed","tag-may-1917","tag-navy","tag-october-1914","tag-portsmouth-naval-memorial"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Groombridge, Victor Albert - WW1 Roll Of Honour<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Information about Victor Albert Groombridge, 1st Class Petty Officer aboard HMS Hampshire during WW1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/12\/groombridge-victor-albert\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/groombridge-victor-albert\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/groombridge-victor-albert\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/570fd452dbc6b64e046f61178a8e997a\"},\"headline\":\"Groombridge, Victor Albert\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-29T16:39:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-14T16:44:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/groombridge-victor-albert\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":101,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/570fd452dbc6b64e046f61178a8e997a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/groombridge-victor-albert\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Groombridge-Victor-1014.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Hastings\",\"HMS Hampshire\",\"July 1916\",\"Killed\",\"May 1917\",\"Navy\",\"October 1914\",\"Portsmouth Naval Memorial\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Navy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/groombridge-victor-albert\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/groombridge-victor-albert\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/groombridge-victor-albert\\\/\",\"name\":\"Groombridge, Victor Albert - 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