17 December 2009

6148563 Pte Richard George Griffin, 70th Bn, East Surrey Regt

6148563 Private Richard George Griffin of the 70th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, died in east London on the 17th December 1941. A native of Eire, Richard was 20 years old, the son of George William Griffin MC and of Kathleen Mary Griffin, of Lewisham, south London. He is buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Leytonstone, London.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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