Charles David – Griggs – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant – 05/05/1918
Title
Charles David – Griggs – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant – 05/05/1918
Initials / forenames
Charles David
Surname
Griggs
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Army Medical Corps, 4th Egyptian Stat. Hospital
Military rank
Sergeant
Military number
9888
Railway department
Liverpool Street
Railway job
Bill Foreman
Date died
05/05/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine, August 1918, p167
Memorial
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Notes
Age 36, the son of George & Rachel Griggs of Tillingham Essex; husband of Constance E Griggs of 126 Meads Lane, Seven Kings, Essex. Joined the GER as porter at Rectory Road in April 1900, later working at Buckhurst Hill and Liverpool Street. Active with the St John's Ambulance Brigade. He volunteered for active service in the Royal Army Medical Corps at the outbreak of war. He died of typhus while serving in Egypt.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)
Date entered
03/10/2016
Last updated
03/10/2016
Citation
“Charles David – Griggs – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant – 05/05/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/55071.