Israel Charles Griffiths

Rank 
LanceSergeant
Regiment 
London Regiment (The Rangers)
Date of death 
30 August 1918
Age of death 
27
Address 
38 Windsor Road
Wanstead
RED
E11 3QU
Address source 
1911 Census
Cemetery / Memorial 
France
Biography 

Israel Charles Griffiths, one of six siblings, was born in Glamorganshire, Wales, in 1891. His father, who was also called Israel, worked in ‘tin plating’. ?

The family moved from Wales to West Ham, and by 1911 they were living at 38 Windsor Road in Wanstead. Israel was 20 and working as a clerk for the YMCA.

Israel joined the army with the 12th Battalion County of London (The Rangers) and had been promoted to Lance Sergeant by 1918. He was sent to the Western Front and was killed in action on 30th August 1918.

Research by Redbridge Museum

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Ancestry.com