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	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Grimsby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Grimsby held the record at one time for the largest 'Cold Store' in the UK and it was in Grimsby that the UK's first 'fish finger' food was produced in 1955.
		Grimsby's catchment area for retail is geographically large, extending outwards to at least Hull in the north, Sheffield to the west, Lincoln to the south-west, and Peterborough to the south.
		Grimsby's daily newspaper (Grimsby Telegraph) also encouraged the town to support Big Brother 6 contestant Derek Laud because in the early 1980s he was once a researcher for Michael Brown, who was then then MP for Brigg and Cleethorpes.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Grimsby (3106 words)

	Grimsby - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Grimsby was founded by the Danes in the 9th Century AD, although there is some evidence of a small town of Roman workers sited in the area some seven centuries earlier.
		Grimsby is listed in the Domesday Book, having a population of around 200, a priest, a mill and a ferry.
		The Great Grimsby Haven Company was formed by Act of Parliament in May 1796 (the Grimsby Haven Act) for the purpose of "widening, deepening, enlarging, altering and improving the Haven of the Town and Port of Great Grimsby".
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Grimsby (804 words)

	England GenWeb Project - Lincolnshire, Grimsby
		Many of Grimsby's best and bravest sons served with the 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, and evidence of their gallantry and devotion to duty is to be found in the official dispatches sent home by the Field Marshall from time to time.
		Grimsby has every reason to be proud of the part played in the Great War by the 1st North Midland Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, the headquarters of which have been in Grimsby for many years.
		Grimsby, and this part of Lincolnshire, has done a remarkable work in caring for the Belgian Refugees, of which some 210 came to this district, and 70 remained here during the greater part of the period of the war.
	www.rootsweb.com /~englin/mem/grimsby.htm (8838 words)

	Grimsby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Grimsby suffered many air raids during the war and 197 people were killed.
		Grimsby is traditionally strongly associated with the sea fishing industry and has the largest fish docks in the United Kingdom.However, primarily as a result of the Cod Wars and reduced fishing quotas, this industry has been in decline for many years.
		Grimsby held the record at one time for the largest 'Cold Store' in the UK and it was in Grimsby that the first 'fish finger' food was produced.
	www.gettingfriends.co.uk /grimsby_info.htm (968 words)

	England GenWeb Project - Lincolnshire, Grimsby
		This place, anciently spelled Grimsbye, is advantageously situate near the mouth of the Humber, and is suppossed to have been the spot where the Danes disembarked, on their first invasion of Britain, towards the close of the eighth century.
		A large town on the northeast shore of the county, on the mouth of the River Humber, Grimsby is at the junction of the A180 trunk road and the A16.
		The Grimsby Hostel for migrants opened in 1854 and was used by mainly Jewish European transmigrants to America/Canada and immigrants to Britain.
	www.rootsweb.com /~englin/G/grimsby.htm (1640 words)

	Grimsby Telegraph columnist Peter Chapman is celebrating the release of his fourth book: Regional Journalism in the UK ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Grimsby Telegraph columnist Peter Chapman is celebrating the release of his fourth book: Regional Journalism in the UK on the Internet.
		Grimsby Telegraph columnist Peter Chapman is celebrating the publication of his fourth book.
		In the space of 100 years, from 1800 to 1900, Grimsby's population soared from 1,000 to more than 63,000 and the town rose to become the premier fishing port in the world.
	www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk /news/2002/10oct/021026chap.shtml (344 words)

	The Grimsby Chums ( 10th Lincolns )
		The Chums were drawn up with A Company on the right, B Company on the left and C Company, opposite the crater, in the centre.
		The Chums were now on the forward slopes of Vimy Ridge, and were able to look down on the enemy across the Doui plain in front of them.
		The chums position bordered the Fifth Army and although not directly attacked, were quickly in danger of being outflanked.
	www.eebo.freeserve.co.uk /chums.htm (2404 words)

	Article
		Harry Boulton went to war with two of his brothers but he was the only one who died in action, one of 20 'Grimsby Chums' from the 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment who sacrificed their lives on the first day of the Battle of Arras, April 9, 1917.
		One of the bodies is probably that of Private Boulton, because he and his 19 fellow 'Grimsby Chums' all went missing, presumed dead, on that first day of the Battle of Arras.
		The 'Grimsby Chums' set off at 5.30am on the fateful first day of the Battle of Arras and by the end of it they had recaptured the strategic ridge and were able to look down on the enemy across the Douai plain in front of them.
	www.eebo.freeserve.co.uk /article.htm (1046 words)

	Edward James Gummery
		The 10th Battalion was raised at Grimsby on 9th September 1914 by the Mayor and Town of Grimsby.
		At 04.25 the Chums advanced towards their first objective, the Gavrelle-Roeux road between the chateau on the left and the south western edge of the cemetery on the right.They soon came under intense machine-gun fire from a post in front of the chateau and from some houses behind the road.
		It is known that the German unit opposite the 10th Lincolnshires was the 1st Battalion of the 64th Infantry Regiment which had three of its companies in strips of trenches and strong points around the cemetery and its remaining company in reserve in the village.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~gomery/ejgumm.html (1559 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Lincolnshire, England, UK
		Grimsby's haddock and cod is world-renowned and some locals and ex-pats swear Grimsby fish and chips is the best in the world.
		Grimsby Fish Market is one of the most important fish markets in Europe, renowned for the quality and diversity of its fish.
		The Grimsby Municipal Seal is a rarity in the United Kingdom because it features the main characters of the legend of Grim, the founder of Grimsby, and King Havelok and his Queen Goldburga, who ruled from Lincoln after Grim's death.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A7012342 (4512 words)

	Aftermath: Revealed; the Chums' own story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Along the line, 20 members of the Grimsby Chums - the jaunty nickname given to the regiment in which they served — fixed bayonets, waited for the sound of their officer’s whistle, and went over the top.
		And one family might have provided the key to the mystery of the Lost Chums: they were notified by the government in 1917 that their son had been blown up by a shell while sheltering with a group of 20 during the first Arras push on April 9.
		But they acknowledge there is compelling evidence that these comrades in arms are the Lost Chums, leaving open the possibility that their officer might yet be discovered along-side his men in a separate grave.
	www.aftermathww1.com /lincolns2.asp (1378 words)

	GENUKI: Great Grimsby, LIN
		The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
		Don't forget to look at the EngGenWeb site World War One Roll of Honour to find out more about the Grimsby Chums and the many lads lost in that war, not to mention the role played by the fishing trawlers of Grimsby.
		Moses Abrahams was Mayor of Grimsby in 1902.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/LIN/GreatGrimsby (1559 words)

	Grimsby
		POSH boss Keith Alexander was happy with the character shown by his side to come from behind twice to force a 2-2 draw with 10-man Grimsby.
		A man in Grimsby is fined Ј80 for making a false allegation about a robbery.
		BIG Ben Futcher celebrated a goal on his full Posh debut, but insisted there was no special thrill from scoring against a former club.
	www.paleorama.com /Disney-G/Grimsby.php (933 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for chums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Plentiful harvest causes Washington state fishermen to reconsider chum salmon.
		Revealed: the Chums' own story; It was the week's most haunting picture: 20 Tommies buried arm-in-arm in a First World War grave.
		European Times Arras: Arm in arm they lie, `Grimsby Chums' in death as in life, twenty soldiers killed by friendly fire.(Foreign News)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=chums (256 words)

	Point du Jour Battlefield Archaeology = Grimsby Chums 1917
		The Point du Jour is a piece of high ground north-east of Arras which formed part of the Brown Line objectives of 34th Division on 9th April 1917, the opening day of the Battle of Arras.
		It was captured that day by units of 101st Brigade; 10th Lincolns (Grimsby Chums) and 15th Royal Scots among them.
		Research immediately showed that it was the 10th Lincolns (Grimsby Chums) who had served here, and press speculation concluded that this was a mass grave from that unit.
	battlefields1418.50megs.com /point_du_jour.htm (1516 words)

	9th April 1917
		Grimsby Chums discovered on the Arras Battlefield - June 2001
		The men, who were killed on the 9th April 1917 were from the 10th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment, known as the "Grimsby Chums".
		The Grimsby Pals, who were part of 101 Brigade, 34th Division had followed the Cambs Suffolks into the battle on the 9th April 1917.
	www.curme.co.uk /arras2.htm (676 words)

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		Crested ware vase " COUNTY BOROUGH OF GRIMSBY ".
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	The Pals of Kitchener's Army - the locally-raised volunteers of the British Army in 1914-1918
		Whilst most of the units of the first three New Armies of Kitchener's Army were being raised by normal (if hugely expanded) army recruitment and induction methods, in many areas local organisations and people took steps to form 'their own' battalions.
		These were often known as Pals or Chums battalions, simply because this style of recruiting encouraged men to join up with their friends from work, or their local football club, church, etc. The idea was that men would join up together, train together and go to war together.
		The "Grimsby Chums" = 10th (Service) Bn, the Lincolnshire Regiment...
	www.1914-1918.net /pals.htm (548 words)

	Tuck's Chronology
		This chronology has been supplemented with information obtained from "The Grimsby Chums" by Peter Bryant and also material provided by Cliff Brown (a journalist from March in Cambridgeshire) and Tony Beeton (a retired police officer from St Ives in Cambridgeshire).
		At the instigation of the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire the War Office was approached with a view to raising a "Kitchener" Battalion of men from Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely.
		Relieved by the Grimsby Chums on 5th August.
	www.curme.co.uk /101.htm (1064 words)

	Scarpe/Arras
		One of the units that took part in the Battle of Arras was the 10th Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment, “The Grimsby Chums.” The battalion fought on the Somme in July 1916, losing 15 officers and 487 men killed, there were some 600 “Chums” who did not return from the war.
		There were 20 “Chums” buried with linked arms, they fell in the offensive at Arras in April 1917.
		As shown in the photograph, there were 20 skeletons, they had their boots on, there was a steel helmet and a few gas masks, but there were only 3 regimental badges.
	www.btinternet.com /~Navradar/yorkandlancs/scarpe_arras.html (1158 words)

	BBC News \| ENGLAND \| World War I 'Chums' remembered
		A commemoration service has been held in France to remember "The Grimsby Chums" - a group of soldiers who fought in World War I. The Chums were from the 10th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment, which lost 21 men in the same area on Easter Monday 1917, the first day of the Battle of Arras.
		The Battle of Arras saw the Chums taking part in one of the most successful advances since trench warfare had stabilised the Western Front.
		World War I is regarded as the first "total war" in which the combatants mobilised all their resources on a scale never before thought possible.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/england/1918848.stm (458 words)

	GENUKI: Lincolnshire Military Resources
		The 4th recruited from the south of the County and the 5th from the north, the recruiting centre being Grimsby.
		The 10th was known as the Grimsby Chums (See the BritGenWeb Grimsby Roll of Honour).
		Men of Grimsby, A Record of Their War Services by Fiona Poulton.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/LIN/military_linc.html (1692 words)

	Local Interest Grimsby Lincs England, Lincolnshire UK
		Grimsby Air Cadets - 195 Grimsby squadron is an Air Training Corps unit with just over 80 cadets and twelve members of staff.
		Grimsby and Scunthorpe Rape Crisis - Offer support to victims of rape, both male and female, Freeman Street resource centre 41-43 Kent Street Grimsby and Scunthorpe Hospital, Cliff Gardens, Scunthorpe.
		Legend of Grim and Havelok - The Grim and Havelock Association have recently unearthed new evidence to support the claim that these events actually happened early in the 6th century.
	www.grimsbylincs.co.uk /grimsby/sites/local.htm (510 words)

	AII POW-MIA InterNetwork
		The regiment is commemorated in a small exhibit at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life in Lincoln, which includes a recreation of a World War I trench.
		Regimental records show the 10th Battalion was decimated at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916, but The Chums managed to rebuild in time for the attack on Arras.
		With other members of the regiment, The Chums captured the forward slopes of the strategically important Vimy Ridge and were able to look down on German troops across the Doui Plain.
	www.aiipowmia.com /inter21/in062501.html (840 words)

	Chums - The Missing Chums (Penguin) doi:10.1221/0448089041 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Aroma Chums are a safer alternative to the Hot Water Bottle using
		Chums, Inc. safety division is a DOMESTIC manufacturer of eyewear retainers.
		Brief history of the Grimsby Chums, a 'Pals' Battalion of the First World War.
	www.findoutsite.com /fos/chums.htm (478 words)

	Grimsby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are other articles with similar names; see Grimsby (disambiguation).
		Grimsby (formerly Great Grimsby) is a seaport on the river Humber and was formerly in Lincolnshire in the north of England, United Kingdom.
		This page was last modified 16:16, 30 October 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grimsby (3063 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - Grimsby
		He is the author of a brief history of the Grimsby Chums (the 10th Lincolns), a history of the Grimsby Evening Telegraph and of Images of North LincoInshire (Breedon Books 1993).
		In retirement, he continues to write a weekly column in the Grimsby Evening Telegraph.
		In Grimsby's heyday, it was a prosperous and thriving community - its population composed of fortune-seekers from across Britain and the world.
	www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/index.phtml?whatfor=1859833233 (243 words)

	The Cellar - 6/20: 24 Brit soldiers
		They were groups of men recruited from communities, clubs, and trade associations, who trained together, deployed together, fought together, and often died together.
		See: http://www.granadalearning.com/yitm/...christmas.html, 'The Pals Battalions' near the bottom of the page, or http://www.eebo.freeserve.co.uk/chums.htm on the 'Grimsby Chums'.
		Just a bunch of dead together doesn't mean they were killed deliberately as a group, after having been taken prisoner.
	cellar.org /printthread.php?t=304 (1474 words)

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