A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Ryde Borough Cemetery : George Herbert Griffin -

Location

In Ryde Borough Cemetery, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Private kerbstone.

Grave location K New 3856
Headstone

Ryde Borough Cemetery : G H Griffin
 
Inscription


IN SACRED AND EVER LOVING MEMORY
OF MY DEAR HUSBAND
PTE GEORGE H GRIFFIN, R.A.P.C.
KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION
SEPT 20TH 1941 AGED 33 YEARS


 
Further Information

RSHG record ...
 
CWGC record ...
 

George Herbert Griffin was born 1907 (reg 4th qtr); he married Doris Kathleen Florence Young 19 June 1939; their son Michael George Griffin was born 1940.
George Herbert Griffin died when the p.s. Portsdown struck a mine when leaving Portsmouth en route to Ryde. He was buried in Ryde Cemetery 11 Oct 1941.

Acknowledgments :

Thanks to John McConkey for the photo. George Griffin was the brother-in-law of his great-aunt Irene (née Butcher) Griffin (who married George's brother William).



 
 

 
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