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