Name
George Herbert Griffith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/09/1917
47
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Colonel
Royal Engineers
Deputy Director of Works
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL
Buried at Sewri, Bombay, India
India
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Haileybury College memorials
Pre War
Born on 13 Mar 1870 in London and baptised on 24 Apr 1870 in Old Charlton, London son of Lt. Col. Julius George Thomas Griffith R.E. and Anna Maria Griffith.
Educated at the United Services College 1880-86. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant R.E. on 27 Jul 1888, Lieutenant 27 Jul 1891 and Captain 27 Jul 1899. Served in China 1900 at the relief of Peking. Garrison Engineer at the Presidency District, India in 1908.
Wartime Service
Served in Mesopotamia and died in Colaba War Hospital, Bombay, India.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
