2734326 William Daniel GRIFFITHS, 1 Welsh Guards

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  1. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Killed at 2330hrs 15th December 1939 when in a 'motor smash'. The truck he was in overturned and their was no other casualties. Looking at the battalions war diary it looks like he may have been in a party of 80 men returning to Izel from a Royal Engineer Cinema Show at Beaumetz.​

    Incidently the cemetery where Grdsm Griffiths is buried, Bienvillers Military Cemteery, contains only 16 Second World War graves all are from before May 1940 when the Germans invaded.

    Grdsm Griffiths funeral took place on 19th December 1939.​
     
  2. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Casualty
    Guardsman GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM DANIEL
    Service Number 2734326
    Died 15/12/1939
    Aged 21
    1st Bn. Welsh Guards
    Son of Isaac and Elizabeth Griffiths, of Llanddarog, Carmarthenshire.
    INSCRIPTION: PEACE, PERFECT PEACE
    Buried at BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
    Location: Pas de Calais, France
    Number of casualties: 1200
    Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 2. Row D. Grave 9.
    See cemetery plan
     
    Last edited: Dec 8, 2019

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