David, That would make sense and would also explain his own middle name. Another piece of the jigsaw! Regards Mike S Saturday, August 4, 2007, 2:00:25 PM, you wrote: > His mother's maiden name was Laura Dennis Johns - see FreeBMD Marriages 1897 Launceston. > David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Shingleton" <shinglma_64@btopenworld.com> > To: "Derrick Parsons" <derrick.parsons@btinternet.com> > Cc: <GREATWAR@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 8:10 AM > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Missing soldier dilemma >> Hello Derrick, >> >> As Lou had pointed out the papers for Horace John Griffin are amongst >> the papers in WO 364 now published on Ancestry. >> >> They give some indication as to his background and circumstances. He >> attested on 07/01/1917 was assigned to the Army Reserve the following >> day and mobilised on 26/04/1917. A member of the Army Service Corps >> (Its probably Corps not COEDS) he joined the depot at Grove Park on >> 04/05/1917 and moved to Camberwell on 03/06/1917. >> >> Much of the rest of the papers are given up to medical reports >> on the Bronchitis with which he was suffering. This led eventually to >> his being discharged as physically unfit for service on 11/10/1918. >> He was discharged on that date from Battersea Motor Transport Depot. >> There is no indication that he ever served overseas and if so that >> would explain his absence from the medal index cards. >> >> His next of kin is given as his mother Laura D Griffin (I can't make >> out the middle name) and her address is given as Downgate Post Office, >> Stoke Climsland, Cornwall. >> >> He appears, aged 2, with his mother and father on the 1901 census for >> Milton Abbot in Devon. His father's name is given there as Frederick >> and in 1901 he was a grocer and draper aged 32. There is a death >> registered in the first quarter of 1908 for a Frederick Griffin (aged >> 39) in Launceston Registration District (Vol 5c p21). This would >> appear to be his father. >> >> I've only highlighted some of the information from the service record >> and would suggest you look over the complete document yourself. I too >> am happy to e-mail you a copy. >> >> Kind regards >> >> >> >> Mike Shingleton >> >> Saturday, August 4, 2007, 9:43:17 AM, you wrote: >> >>> Good morning list, >> >>> I wonder if someone can help with a little puzzle. >> >>> I am researching names on the WW1 memorial in Stoke Climsland and have a >>> H.Griffin. By a process of deduction, elimination and luck I think I've >>> identified him as Horace Johns Griffin. I have his death certificate and he >>> died locally in 1918, aged 19, of pleurisy and TB. On the certificate he is >>> described as ex-Private, Army Service, COEDs (just about legible. Can >>> anyone translate this for me?). No 318066 (Engineer). I cannot find his >>> name mentioned on the WW1 Medal Rolls, CWGC or any records I can access via >>> the internet. Given that he was only 19 when he died, I presume that he >>> might not have spent any time abroad. >> >>> Has anyone any suggestions for where I go next to get some more details of >>> him? Any idea what COEDs stands for? >> >>> Many thanks in advance. >> >>> Derrick Parsons >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the >>> word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Mike mailto:shinglma_64@btopenworld.com >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with >> the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Best regards, Mike mailto:shinglma_64@btopenworld.com