Individual Details
Jonah GRIFFITHS
(17 Jul 1895 - 31 Oct 1914)
Jonah went to war in 1914 to fight for his country but was killed in his first battle. The battle of Geravelt in Belgium. The battle of Ypres or "wipers" as it was called by the soldiers. His body was never found and his name is on the Menin Gate in Ypres and on the war memorial in Maesteg. He was 18 years old.
Events
| Birth | 17 Jul 1895 | Red Gate, Tonyrefail, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Residence | 17 Jul 1895 | Red Gate, Tonyrefail, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom | | ||
| Residence | 13 Mar 1901 | Son - 101, High Street, Pontyclun, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom | | ||
| Residence | 2 Apr 1911 | Son - 10, Duke Street, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom | | ||
| Occupation | 2 Apr 1911 | Colliery Hewer | | ||
| Residence | 5 Aug 1914 | 10, Duke Street, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom | | ||
| Military | 5 Aug 1914 | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom | | ||
| Death | 31 Oct 1914 | Western European Theatre - Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium | | ||
| Burial | 31 Oct 1914 | Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium | | ||
| Photo Album | http://stevejjones.co.uk/photo/thumbnails.php?album=2219 | |
Families
| Father | William J GRIFFITHS (1866 - 1947) |
| Mother | Claudia EVANS (1870 - 1940) |
| Sibling | William Haydn GRIFFITHS (1897 - ) |
| Sibling | Winifred Muriel GRIFFITHS (1901 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Arnold Glynaur GRIFFITHS (1904 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Eunice GRIFFITHS (1905 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Spencer GRIFFITHS (1907 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth May GRIFFITHS (1908 - ) |
| Sibling | Irene GRIFFITHS (1910 - 2002) |
| Sibling | Eirlys GRIFFITHS (1913 - 1998) |
| Father | William J GRIFFITHS (1866 - 1947) |
| Mother | Margaret MORGAN ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Haydn GRIFFITHS (1897 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Birth Certificate Jonah GRIFFITHS Was Born on 17 July 1895 in Red Gate, Tonyrefail, Llantrisant, Pontypridd, Glamorgan Registered on 2 September 1895 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan Fathers name is William GRIFFITHS shown as Coalminer residing at Red Gate, Tonyrefail, Llantrisant mother is Margaret GRIFFITHS (MORGAN) Full Certificate number WBXZ312697 comments Mother
2. Birth Register Jonah GRIFFITHS Registered at Pontypridd on 17 July 1895 Volume 11a Page 553
3. Wales Census 13 March 1901: 101, High Street Pontyclun Glamorgan, Wales District Pontypridd: Sub District Llantrisant Parish Llantrisant Emuneration District 7 Class RG13 Piece 5007 Folio 123 Schedule 106 Page Number 16 16
4. Birth Certificate Jonah GRIFFITHS Was Born on 17 July 1895 in Red Gate, Tonyrefail, Llantrisant, Pontypridd, Glamorgan Registered on 2 September 1895 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan Fathers name is William GRIFFITHS shown as Coalminer residing at Red Gate, Tonyrefail, Llantrisant mother is Margaret GRIFFITHS (MORGAN) Full Certificate number WBXZ312697 comments Mother
5. Wales Census 13 March 1901: 101, High Street Pontyclun Glamorgan, Wales District Pontypridd: Sub District Llantrisant Parish Llantrisant Emuneration District 7 Class RG13 Piece 5007 Folio 123 Schedule 106 Page Number 16 16
6. Wales Census 2 April 1911: 10, Duke Street Maesteg Glamorgan District Bridgend (591): Sub District Maesteg Parish Cwmdu Emuneration District 09 Class RG14 Piece 32534 Schedule 310
7. Wales Census 2 April 1911: 10, Duke Street Maesteg Glamorgan District Bridgend (591): Sub District Maesteg Parish Cwmdu Emuneration District 09 Class RG14 Piece 32534 Schedule 310
8. Military Record Jonah GRIFFITHS (17 July 1895) Born in Red Gate, Tonyrefail, Glamorgan, Wales. Residing at 10, Duke Street, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales. Nationality - British. Next of Kin William GRIFFITHS: Private Service Number 1265 Welsh Regiment. 2nd Battalion Army Archive Reference WO 372/8/156146. Record Collection - Nominal index of all service personnel serving in a theatre of war 1914-1919. Served for 1 Years on 31 October 1914. Killed in action at France And Flanders.
9. Military Record Jonah GRIFFITHS (17 July 1895) Born in Red Gate, Tonyrefail, Glamorgan, Wales. Residing at 10, Duke Street, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales. Nationality - British. Next of Kin William GRIFFITHS: Private Service Number 1265 Welsh Regiment. 2nd Battalion Army Archive Reference WO 372/8/156146. Record Collection - Nominal index of all service personnel serving in a theatre of war 1914-1919. Served for 1 Years on 31 October 1914. Killed in action at France And Flanders.
10. Awards Jonah GRIFFITHS (17 July 1895) Awarded Victory Medal and British War Medal at Western European Theatre on 5 August 1914 ; Source - First World War, War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Reference Archive Reference WO 372/8/156146
11. Military Record Jonah GRIFFITHS (17 July 1895) Born in Red Gate, Tonyrefail, Glamorgan, Wales. Residing at 10, Duke Street, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales. Nationality - British. Next of Kin William GRIFFITHS: Private Service Number 1265 Welsh Regiment. 2nd Battalion Army Archive Reference WO 372/8/156146. Record Collection - Nominal index of all service personnel serving in a theatre of war 1914-1919. Served for 1 Years on 31 October 1914. Killed in action at France And Flanders.
12. Military Record Jonah GRIFFITHS (17 July 1895) Born in Red Gate, Tonyrefail, Glamorgan, Wales. Residing at 10, Duke Street, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales. Nationality - British. Next of Kin William GRIFFITHS: Private Service Number 1265 Welsh Regiment. 2nd Battalion Army Archive Reference WO 372/8/156146. Record Collection - Nominal index of all service personnel serving in a theatre of war 1914-1919. Served for 1 Years on 31 October 1914. Killed in action at France And Flanders.
13. Personal Photo Album of GRIFFITHS Jonah http://stevejjones.co.uk/photo/thumbnails.php?album=2219