Currently finding out more about Edwin Grant’s grandchildren, many of whom joined the navy around the turn of the 19th century and went on to serve in the first wotld war. One died in Haslar hospital from enteric fever before the war but the others seem to have survived. It was much less dangerous than being on the western front, I expect.
Edwin Grant (1824-1900), was born in Godshill but lived most of his life in Seaview and Nettlestone.