Ernest Worrall

Born in London, he served in World War I and graduated from the Royal College of Art before moving to Grimsby.

In 1943, he was commissioned by Grimsby Borough Council to record the impact of the conflict on the town in paintings.

[1] He had a son, Richard Worrall, who in 2009 helped to organise an exhibition of his father's work at the National Memorial Arboretum.

[1] It became the most popular exhibition ever to be displayed at the centre, attracting over 2,500 visitors, and was extended to run until 4 January 2009.

[3] Later in 2009, Worrall's son Richard, who saw the pictures for the first time at the Cleethorpes exhibition, helped to arrange another display of the paintings, at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas in Staffordshire.