Francis Griffin
Service number
265979
Military unit
1/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Address
Nottingham
Date of birth
Date of death
24 Apr 1917 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
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Family history
Francis Griffin was born in 1897 at Nottingham, he was the son of John and Mary Griffin of 23 Martin's Yard Nottingham.
Military history
Private Francis Griffin enlisted in Nottingham, he served with the 1/7th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, he was killed in action, 24th April 1917, aged 20, when a German 8-inch shell burst in the courtyard of battalion headquarters at Lievin, France.
Buried: Canadian Cemetery No.2, Neuville-St. Vaast, France. Plot 3. Row B. Grave 21.
Extra information
additional research and information Peter Gillings
Photographs
Photo of Francis Griffin
Canadian Cemetery no 2 Neuville St Vaast, France, curtesy of thecwgc