Personal Profile

Griffiths, David Francis

Date of Birth: 25/5/1892, Morriston
Enlisted - Date: Form
Other service: 3829, Tpr, 1st Life Guards
Awards: BWM. VIC. (Life Guards)
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Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 25/5/1892, Morriston. Parents - John & Rachel

1901 - 24 Duke St, Morriston. 8yo. W parents & 4 sibs

1911 - 135 Clyndu St, Morriston. 18yo. Occ-Postman. W parents & 3 sibs

1921 - Visiting Temperance Hotel, Bath Lane, Newcastle. 28yo.Occ-Soldier, 1st Life Guards, Regents Pk Bks.

1926 - Married Ethel A Taphouse, Q2 St Pancras, Midx

1939 - 183 Cheltenham Rd, Evesham. DOB 25/5/1892. Occ-Musician BBC

Address:
Morriston (CENS)

Military Service

No SR

CDL 27 May 1916: He was for many years a member of the 1st Glamorgan and 1st Welsh Howitzer Band, and with the former did his first parade when King Edward VII opened the Kings Dock in Swansea.

Other Service

3829, Trooper, Life Guards

CDL 27 May 1916: When War broke out he joined the Life Guards and became a member of the Guards Band....

HWMR 3 Jun 1916: Morristonians will be please to learn that Bandsman DF Griffiths has been appointed "State Trumpeter" to his Majesty the King. His experience is a unique one, inasmuch as he is the first Welshman to be so honoured.

Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(NEWS)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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