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Sgt Tptr. Griffiths, John

Sergeant Trumpeter

Date of Birth: c1856, Cwmavon
Occupation: Tinplate Assorter
Enlisted - Date: Form
Demobilised: 1914

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born c1856, Cwmavon. Parents - Hopkin & jane

1861 - Llangwick. 4yo. W parents

1871 - Temple Terrace, llangyfelach. 14yo. Occ-Listing Tin Plates. W parents & 5 younger sibs

1880 - Married Rachel Francis, Q2, Cardiff

1881 -

1891 - Duke St, Llangyfelach. 34yo. Occ-Assorter Tin. W wife Rachel, Henry F (1886), Tudor (1885), Jane (1887) & Bronwen (1890)

1901 - 24 Duke St, Morriston. 43yo. Occ-Tinplate Assorter. W Rachel. Henry (1882), Tudor (1885), Bronwen (1890), David (1893) & Hopkin (1900)

1911 - 135 Clyndu St, Morriston. 54yo. Occ-Tinplate Assorter, Tinplate Works. W Rachel, Bronwen (1890), David J (1893), Hopkin (1900) and Morfydd (1902)

1921 - 135 Clyndu St, Morriston. 65y6m. Occ-Tinplate Assorter, Mannesman Tube Works, Landore (out of work). w wife, Rachel & Hopkin (1901), Morfydd (1902) Bronwen (1890) & her fam - husband & 2 children

1929 - Died aged

Address:
135 Clyndu St
Morriston (NEWS)

Military Service

No SR

1st Glamorgan RGA (Vols)

1902 - Cambrian 17/10/02 - Sergt Trumpeter John Griffiths presided over the meeting

1st Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade

Formation recruit - transferred with the Band, likely Amm Col (fr Morriston)

1908 - Cambria 19/6/08 - Sergt-Trumpeter John Griffiths

1915 - Herald of Wales & Monmouthshire Reporter 24/7/15. Article about his son,Tudor Griffiths:

He is the son of Quarter-master-Sergeant John Griffiths of the 1st Welsh Howitzer Brigade, RFA, and has a brother....

1916 CDL – 27/5/16. Article about his son David Francis:

[John Griffiths] was a sergeant-trumpeter with the 1st Glamorgan Artillery for 26 years and with the 1st Welsh Howitzers for seven years, a total of 33 years, and retired a few months prior to the outbreak of the War

1929 - Herald 26/2/1927. Article about veterans of the 1dt Glam RGA (Vols)

Trumpet Major John Griffiths of Clyndu-street, Morriston, 71 years of age, was also one of the battery's first members, and served 35 years with the battery. When the Morriston band, under Bandmaster George Hanney, was appointed the brigade band, Mr Griffiths was made the first trumpet major, a position which he retained until the brigade was changed to the Territorials.

1929 - Obit Herald 2/2/1929

He was sergeant trumpeter of the old 1st Glamorgan Artiullery band. He was a member of Hanney's famous military band..
Sources: (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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