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Pilot Officer JAMES OLLIFF GRIFFITS

Service Number: 41692
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

222 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WHITTLESFORD (SS. MARY AND ANDREW) CHURCHYARD

Row C. Grave 3.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Olliff Griffits and Irene Stella Griffits, of Epsom, Surrey. His brother Patrick Gordon also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER PATRICK FLIGHT SERGEANT PILOT, R.A.F. WAS KILLED IN BURMA 2.10.44. BOTH WERE KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
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Buried or commemorated at

WHITTLESFORD (SS. MARY AND ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 50
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