BORN HULL 1887 SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, OF 31, SYKES STREET, WORSHIP STREET, HULL. HE WAS A LABOURER, LODGING AT 7, MYTON PLACE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED ON 20/12/1915, AGED 29.
HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 18TH AUGUST 1915. * HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 26TH JANUARY 1916 AGAIN WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS BURIED AT HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL.
HE IS LISTED AS KILLED ON HULL’S ENGLISH STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 23 September 1916).
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, JOHN WILLIAM GRIIFIN, 755288, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY AND WAS KILLED ON 30/07/1918.
HIS SISTER, MRS ELLEN BAXTER, LIVED AT 1 MARINE PLACE, ENGLISH STREET, HULL.
