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Name: WILLIAMS, Griffith Varteg 'Griff' (Capt.)
Photo Source: Mark Boyce
Nee: bro of Daniel Karwyn and William Griffith Williams
Birth Date: 30 Dec 1897 Cilybebyll, Glamorgan
Death Date: 1984 Plymouth
First Date: 1922
Profession: Storekeeper, farmer
Area: 1922 Soy Kitale, 1930 Soy
Married: In Swansea 9 Sep 1926 Beatrice Jones b. 1894 Glanamman, Carmarthenshire, d. 9 Feb 1975 Battle, Sussex
Children: Gwyneth Gabriel (1929-2017)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Hut
War Service: RE; East African Rifles in WW2
General Information:
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - Griffith Vartee Williams, Storekeeper PO Hoey's Bridge
Gazette 23 Jan 1934 - at Kakamega
Mark Boyce: Aged 14 he ran away and joined the Indian Army, served in Afghanistan and then served in East Africa during the Great War. Joined his brothers William "Bill" Griffith Williams and Daniel (Dan) Karwyn Williams in 1922.
1922 worked on Bill's farm, Soy near Big Tree Farm (later owned by the Dentons), not far from Elgon Club.
1923 farmed and had a small store near Hoey's Bridge.
1926 married, farmed and built a new house at Camnant Farm. Soy.
Moved to Glanusk Farm, Soy.
1930's severe locust plague wiped them out. Worked for the Barbertons at Kiboko.
Late 1930's gold mining at Kakamega near Kisumu.
1938-45 served with the East African Rifles back in Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.
1946-1948 lived at The Bryn, Cherengani.
1948 bought Brynawel Farm Lugari. Knocked down the wattle and daub house and built the brick double bayed farm house. 1961 sold the farm to his son in law, Gerry Boyce, and returned to Ystradgynlais, Breconshire, Wales near his childhood parents' farm.
Mark Boyce: Aged 14 he ran away and joined the Indian Army, served in Afghanistan and then served in East Africa during the Great War. Joined his brothers William "Bill" Griffith Williams and Daniel (Dan) Karwyn Williams in 1922.
1922 worked on Bill's farm, Soy near Big Tree Farm (later owned by the Dentons), not far from Elgon Club.
1923 farmed and had a small store near Hoey's Bridge.
1926 married, farmed and built a new house at Camnant Farm. Soy.
Moved to Glanusk Farm, Soy.
1930's severe locust plague wiped them out. Worked for the Barbertons at Kiboko.
Late 1930's gold mining at Kakamega near Kisumu.
1938-45 served with the East African Rifles back in Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.
1946-1948 lived at The Bryn, Cherengani.
1948 bought Brynawel Farm Lugari. Knocked down the wattle and daub house and built the brick double bayed farm house. 1961 sold the farm to his son in law, Gerry Boyce, and returned to Ystradgynlais, Breconshire, Wales near his childhood parents' farm.