Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Eleanor Sarah (nee Pelan) Griffin, Toronto and the late John Gilmore Griffin of Ireland. Brother of Frederick Samuel Gilmore, John Pelan, Sydney Herbert and Gerald Walter.
Brother of Colonel Philip George Griffin, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
Brother of Major Sydney Herbert Griffin, who died while serving with the Veterans Guard of Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Victor Ernest Griffin
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Newspaper Obituary
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Attestation Papers
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Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Memorial Scroll
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Photo of Victor Ernest Griffin
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Medals
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Victor Ernest Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Victor Ernest Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Victor Ernest Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Victor Ernest Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Victor Ernest Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Victor Ernest Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Victor Ernest Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Victor Ernest Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Victor Ernest Griffin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 95 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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