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Military service
Service number:
A/106497
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Death:
September 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIII, E, 2.
Additional information
Son of George H. and Isabel M. Griffiths, of London, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private James Edwin Griffiths
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Photo of James Edwin Griffiths
Enlisted in the Canadian Army when he was 17 and after training was sent directly to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Italy. Ke was killed on September 20, 1944, a few days after his 18th Birthday. -
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Circumstances of death
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Document
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Document
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Telegram
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Photo
It is unknown who this person is. The photo was found in James' military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Griffiths
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Griffiths
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Griffiths
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Griffiths
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Griffiths
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Griffiths
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Griffiths
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Griffiths
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Griffiths
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 322 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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