Roll of Honour

Roll of Honour

Griffith, John Llewellyn

Rank: Flight Lieutenant

Regiment: Royal Air Force

Biography: Son of David and Violet Frances Griffith, Feckenham, Worcester ; born 2 October 1923 ; educated at Winchester House and Brackley Public Schools. He entered the Royal Air Force in 1941 and attended a Cadets' course at the University. Becoming a pilot with Coastal Command, he was shot down off the coast of Italy on 9 June 1944. Two days later he was killed while trying to escape from his captors.

Date of Death: 11 June 1944

Burial Details: Buried at Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, III. B. 10

Publication: Roll of Remembrance. Published 1952.


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