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Offline paulbarrett1984

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Harry Griggs
« on: Friday 08 December 06 23:12 GMT (UK) »
Hello, I'm looking for the death of Harry Griggs, of Middleton, Norfolk.

He died in WWI, and his parents were Walter L Griggs & Lucy E Griggs.

I don't know where he died, or what regiment he was in.

Can anyone help? Paul.
Norfolk: Chapman, Berry, Jarvis, Seymour, Bennett, Lambert, Harrison, Theobald, Eggleton, Studwell, Griggs, Chapman, Berry, Pearman, Largen, Largent, Hillson, Secker, Blowers, Stringer, Cooke<br />Suffolk: Berry, Bury, Elger, Alger<br />Essex: Fuller<br />Hertfordshire: Fuller, Filler, Blackaby, Gibbs<br />Cambridgeshire: Bouch, Savage,<br />Huntingdonshire: Savage<br />Lincolnshire: Graves, Whiley, Pearson, Allen, Randall<br />Northamptonshire: Green<br />Middlesex: Oakley, Secker

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Re: Harry Griggs
« Reply #1 on: Friday 08 December 06 23:23 GMT (UK) »
Hi Paul,

Think I've found your man on www.cwgc.org.

 Harry Griggs, husband of Mary Griggs of Church Row, Middleton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk .

No mention of parents as wife would have been next of kin.

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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: Harry Griggs
« Reply #2 on: Friday 08 December 06 23:28 GMT (UK) »
Oops forgot:

He was a Private 55718 in Machine Gun Corps and is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery no 3 in Belgium.

More details on website.

Nanny Jan
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



All census look-ups are crown copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Harry Griggs
« Reply #3 on: Friday 08 December 06 23:30 GMT (UK) »
Yep, thats him!

Thankyou!

His name is on the war memorial up the road from me.

Thanks Again, :-)
Norfolk: Chapman, Berry, Jarvis, Seymour, Bennett, Lambert, Harrison, Theobald, Eggleton, Studwell, Griggs, Chapman, Berry, Pearman, Largen, Largent, Hillson, Secker, Blowers, Stringer, Cooke<br />Suffolk: Berry, Bury, Elger, Alger<br />Essex: Fuller<br />Hertfordshire: Fuller, Filler, Blackaby, Gibbs<br />Cambridgeshire: Bouch, Savage,<br />Huntingdonshire: Savage<br />Lincolnshire: Graves, Whiley, Pearson, Allen, Randall<br />Northamptonshire: Green<br />Middlesex: Oakley, Secker

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Re: Harry Griggs
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 09 December 06 10:18 GMT (UK) »
paul,he was killed along with 3 other members of his machine gun crew,probably by shellfire.these are the others killed that day,looks like four of them joined up togethor judging by their numbers
L/cpl robert,christopher,agars 143778
L/cpl e.frost 55695
pte charles,isaac newland 55722
pte harry griggs 55718
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