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Thomas Richard Griffith

In memory of:

Flying Officer Thomas Richard Griffith

May 24, 1956
Baden Soellingen, Germany

Military Service


Service Number:

224694

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

427 (Fighter) Squadron

Additional Information


Born:

April 17, 1935
Flatbush, Alberta

Enlistment:

February 15, 1954
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of Bernice Griffith of Sardis, British Columbia. Brother of Nancy, Georgianna and Winnifred Griffith.

Commemorated on Page 72 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 14, Plot 1, Row B

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Photo by Malcolm Cromarty.
  • Photo of Thomas Richard Griffith

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