GRIFFITHS - Help required please

[the raven]

can any please help me find any info on my grand father during ww1 as im unable to get to the n.a as it involves a 500 mile round trip

we have little info on him apart from the following

john lewis griffiths born 20/10/1896 in holyhead

joined r.f.a. 16/11/15 to 5/2/19 regimental no 259707

 on disharge he rejoined

r.h.a 6/2/19 to 6/622 regimental no 1035432


this is the only information we have apart from he may have been with d battery during his time with rha   any help would be gratefully appreciated

thank you
leonard

[mmm45]

If he had post war service his records may still be at MOD records and youll have to request them....Theres a link in the Armed Forces Resources part of the Forum.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,154824.0.html



His Medal Card may be available to download  for £3.50 or even view free if you have ancestry subs and you are lucky its been put on!Thats if he served abroad 1914-1918.

[mmm45]

Heres a search tool

long link to National Archives

Cannot find MIC to that name and number do you know if he served abroad??


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[the raven]

hi mmm45
thanks for your reply
we have had papers from the mod but that all is about his service during world ww2 which  we  knew about  amongs them papers was a photo copy of a letter from his commanding officer asking about his entitlement to long service and good conduct pay
where thhey wanted information on his previous service  thats where we get the dates from as his discharge papers from his service 1915 to 1919 where lost , we have the discharge paper for  1919 to 1922 but as a dont have a scanner i cant put them on here
but i will type it out as it is



serial no. 5005                                  army form b.2079
certificate of discharge of 1035342 signaller
name griffths -john lewis

unit and corps
from which
discharged       r.h.r.f.a
-------------------------------------------------------
corps to which first appointed  r.f.a

specialist qualifictioans   (military) signaller
      chevrons one blue
medals,clasps
decorations and                                           wound
 
mentions in dispatches  . nil.                        stripes  nil .


has served overseas on active service
enlisted at larkhill (?) 6.2.1919
---------------------------------------------------------------------
he is disharged in consequence oh his service
beinh no longer required on reduction of establihment
para. 392(xxv) k.r
after having served three years 121 day with the colours  and nil years in the army reserve

                                                                                                                             or
                                                                                                                          t.army

date of discharge    6.6 1922

               sg........................... capt
for officer i/c r.h.  r.f.a records

              woolwich


~~~~~~~~------------------------



hope that helps we know that during 19 to 22 he was in lucknow india
but its the servicefrom 15 t0 19 which we cant find



leonard 

[mmm45]

He may have had only home service between 15 and 19 so no Medals awarded...If he was in India he may be entitled to the Indian General Service Medal but am no expert on this 70% of WW1 records got burned during Blitz some are online A-C surnames on Ancestry others coming on this year.

[the raven]

mmm45 thanks for your input , but where it says one blue chevron i understand that is for over seas service and was issued between 14/18, if im correct that would mean that during his service 15/19 he went abroad somewhere ?

will have a look at ancestry ,com

leonard

[the raven]

hellol its been a while since i have been on here ,  i have come across this document but have difficulty with  one section entitled DISCHARGE OR BECOMING NON EFFECTIVE there is a column called cause and in it there is some numbers that i dont understand what they mean  , any help would be gratefully received .

my aplogises its not the best picture  im not very good at cropping