Thomas Griffin
Memorial: Hallen - Hallen Road
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 37047
Parents: Elizabeth and Joseph Griffin
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: 2 Llewellyn Street, Gilfach, Bargoed, Cardiff Lived: 11 Passage Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Farm Labourer
Date of birth: 17/09/1885
Place of birth: Compton Greenfield
Date of death: 31/07/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site. Commemorated at Ypres Menin Gate Memorial and Hallen Road Memorial
Age: 31
Further information:
Thomas was born in Compton Greenfield the son of a labourer and the eldest child of eight children with five brothers and two sisters. In 1901 at the age of 15 he was working as a live-in farm boy in Kings Weston. Thomas married Mary Edith Griffin in 1910 and they lived with Mary's parents.
Thomas's 1st Battalion mobilised to France in December 1914 where it fought in various actions on the Western Front including the Battle of Aubers Ridge and the Battles of the Somme. Thomas was killed in action during the Battle of Passchendaele (31 July – 10 November 1917) the result of which was indecisive at a cost to the allies of around 400,000 casualties. Thomas's body was never identified and the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, where he is remembered, bears the names of more than 54,000 soldiers who died in Belgium and have no known grave.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/