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The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Major Hugh Frederick Richard Griffith

Soldiers of the First World War database entry - H.F.R. Griffith

Lieut. Hugh Frederick Richard Griffith

Lieut. Hugh Frederick Richard Griffith (1912)

Service:

  • 3rd Hampshire Regt., Mar 1905 to Jul 1906
  • THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 28, 1905; 3rd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment; Hugh Frederick Richard Griffith, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 13th March, 1905
  • Joined The R.C.R., 1906
  • Lieut., No. 1 Depot, Wolseley Barracks, London, Ontario, 1911
  • Lieut., "K" Company, Wolseley Barracks, London, Ontario, 1912
  • THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 5, 1907; 3rd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment; Second Lieutenant H. F. R. Griffith resigns his [British Army] commission. Dated 9th February, 1907.
  • Seconded to the Indian Army for 10 months, 1914
  • First World War - 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
  • Arrived in France, 1 Nov 1915
  • To Field Ambulance, Invalided to England, 9 Jun 1916
  • Courses:
    • Musketry, Ottawa, 1908; Passed
    • Signalling, Indian Army
    • Instructors' Certificate
    • Senior Officers' Bombing School, in the field, 1916
  • Taken on strength as a reinforcement, 25 Jan 1918 and carried supplementary to establishment
  • Joined from C.C.R.C. 11 Feb 1918
  • Attached 3rd Canadian Division Signals, 26 Mar 1918

Date of Birth - 14 Nov 1885

 

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