Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Lionel Ignatius Leslie Griffin
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 40178
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Tank Corps
- Unit/Ship: 'C' Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 31
- Date of Death: 31.07.1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 56
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 27.11.1885
- Place of Birth: 29 Albert Rd, Bristol
- Address:
- Occupation: Teacher, Dens Rd Primary School, Dundee
- Mother:
Ellen Griffin (nee Ryan) 20 Cornwallis Cres, Clifton, Bristol
- Father:
Joseph Francis Griffin, 20 Cornwallis Cres, Clifton, Bristol
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Beatrice Griffin, 52 Seymour Road, Bishopton, Bristol
- Children:
More about Lionel Ignatius Leslie Griffin
Lionel is also remembered on the St. Josephs R.C. Church Roll of Honour.
Lionel was born on 27 Nov 1885 at 29 Albert Road Bristol; his father Thomas was a timber merchant.
Lionel trained as a teacher as a boy; prior to joining the Heavy Section MGC (tanks) in May 1916, he had been on the teaching staff of the Training Ship Mars from 1911 to 1914 moored off Woodhaven on the river Tay. He was then a teacher at Dens Rd Primary School.
Lionel I Griffin was a former School Master onboard the Mars Training Ship in the Tay. He was the son of Mr Joseph and Mrs Ellen Griffin of 20 Cornwallis Road, Clifton, Bristol and the husband of Mrs Beatrice Griffin, 52 Seymour Road, Bristol. Lionel Griffin was a member of a Tank Crew during the first ever use of tanks during the Battle of the Somme on 15 September 1916. His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information very kindly supplied by Stephen Pope
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