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Francis Charles Griffin

In memory of:

Private Francis Charles Griffin

August 14, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

R/76233

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Division:

12 Lt. Field Amb., R.C.A.M.C.

Additional Information


Born:

August 2, 1918
Victoria, British Columbia

Enlistment:

August 28, 1941
Victoria, British Columbia

Son of Mrs. D. A. Griffin, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 322 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 27, Column 3.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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