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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
23387
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
September 24, 1877
Portsmouth, Hants, England
Enlistment:
September 18, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George and Jemima Annie Griffiths. Served in the South African Campaign.
Additional citations
Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Richard Alfred Griffiths
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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)
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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)
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Richard Alfred Griffiths
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 248 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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