▶Date of birth: 14 October 1896 (baptised 27 December 1896)     Place of birth: (baptised) All Saints' Church, Cheltenham

▶Father: John Charles Griffith    Mother: Matilda Catherine Griffith

▶Spouse(s): (1) Margery Joan Wesley-Smith; (2) Maude Lyle ("Bluebell") Parkinson (born Hooper)     Date(s) of marriage: (1) 1 May 1917; (2) 21 April 1919    Place(s) of marriage: (1) St Peter's, Harrogate; (2) Witney, Oxfordshire

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▶Lifestory: Edward attended Radley College from 1911 to 1914. He was commissioned to the 3rd Battalion of the Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry Regiment on 1 January 1915 and joined at the Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth on 16 Jan. 1915. At the time of his marriage in 1917 he was attached to the Royal Flying Corps. On his marriage certificate he gives his home address as Deanwood (Pittville Circus Road). His wife Margery very sadly died from bronchial pneumonia, shortly after giving birth to their first child, who did not survive the birth; her father had passed away a few days earlier.

In the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for 1969 he was awarded a CBE for services to Export as President, Rotary Hoes Ltd. [See https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Rotary_Hoes]

Edward lived in Essex for the rest of his life. By the time he died  he was living at Thatched Cottage, Little Hallingbury Park, Bishops Stortford.

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▶Date of death: 20 January 1990   Place of death: [lived at Thatched Cottage, Little Hallingbury Park, Bishops Stortford]       ▶Date of burial:     Place of burial:

▶Notes:     ID: 10639

Contributor(s): David Drinkwater