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Name: GRIFFITHS, Harold Thomas
Birth Date: 30 May 1898 Brighton
Death Date: 1966 Tanga, Tanganyika
First Date: 1921
Profession: Police
Area: Nairobi, 1930 Songhor
Married: In Nairobi 30 July 1929 Violet Helen Terry b. 26 Mar 1905 Harrismith, Orange Free State, d. 1969 Durban
Children: Terry William Holford (6 May 1930-22 May 1968 Dar es Salaam)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Medals, Leader14, Gazette
General Information:
Medals - East African Regiment - Harold Griffiths, No. 3554, Private
Leader14 - H. Griffiths - Nairobi
Gazette 27/7/1921 - Probate and Administration in respect of Capt. H.T. Griffiths who died at Lula on 13/2/1920 [where is Lula? I think this is Iringa/Sula, Nyasaland because Howard (sic) Thomas Griffiths KAR died there 13 Feb 1920]
Headstone at Greenbank Cem. Bristol says Captain Howard [sic] Griffiths MC, 2nd King's African Rifles, after 6 years of service was cruelly murdered by a native near Iringa, British East Africa, 13th February 1920'
KAD 1922 - Police Constable, Kiambu
Gazette 17 Aug 1921 passed Swahili exam. [It looks as if this must be a diff. person. One is Howard, the other Harold.]