Hi everyone, I am researching on behalf of the flintshirewarmemorials.com and we are trying to find out how/why John Edward GRIFFITHS died in 1942, he is remembered on the Sychdyn WW2 War Memorial, Flintshire.:- Private GRIFFITHS, JOHN EDWARD Service Number S/90858 Died 30/12/1942 Aged 46 Royal Army Service Corps Son of David and Emily Griffiths; husband of Constance Evelyn Griffiths, of Mold. INSCRIPTION IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH Buried at MOLD CEMETERY Location: Flintshire, United Kingdom Number of casualties: 19 Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. H. Grave 44. We cannot find any information how he died, nor indeed about his Army Service, we think that we may have found his death certificate:- Cheshire Death indexes for the years: 1943 Surname Forename(s) Age or Date of Birth Year Sub-District Registers At Reference GRIFFITHS John Edward 45 1943 Chester City Cheshire West CHE/11/7 We wondered if you could possibly help, even one clue would be great, as we want to make sure that he is remembered. Regards Mavis Williams
The Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945 on ancestry does not add much: Name: John Griffiths Given Initials: J E Rank: Private Death Date: 30 Dec 1942 Number: 90858 Birth Place: Flintshire Residence: Flintshire Regiment at Enlistment: Royal Army Service Corps Branch at Enlistment: Other Corps Theatre of War: United Kingdom Regiment at Death: Royal Army Service Corps Branch at Death: Other Corps His service number was issued by the RASC 1920 onwards & before 27 October 1939 (no 100694 issued on that day). and the S prefix indicates he was in the Supplies branch. Army Numbers - British Army Numbers of WW2 The S prefix indicates he was in the Supplies branch. Royal_Army_Service_Corps With an indicated birth year range of Dec1895/Dec 1896 he probably also served in WW1.
