Griffith DAVIES

1888 - 1918  (29 years)

• Name	Griffith DAVIES
  Birth	10 Oct 1888	Ffestiniog, Merionethshire   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	V25
  Death	28 Sep 1918	Cassel POW camp, Niederzwehren, Kassel, Germany   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I25	VaughanDavies
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	William Griffith DAVIES,   b. 5 Apr 1860   d. 18 Sep 1923, Glandulyn Stores, Abersoch (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catherine EVANS,   b. Abt 1857, Ffestiniog, Merionethshire
  Relationship	natural
  Notes	Not clear when Catherine and William married....a possibility is Oct qtr 1885, Ffestiniog. So John was born out of wedlock, but there was a gap between his birth and the next 3 children.
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Oct 1888 - Ffestiniog, Merionethshire Death - 28 Sep 1918 - Cassel POW camp, Niederzwehren, Kassel, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The records of WW1 have the following:- Rank: PRIVATE Birthplace: Blaenau Festiniog, Merioneth Residence: Abersoch, Carn. Enlisted: Llanelly Regiment, Corps etc.: Welsh Regiment Battalion etc.: 9th Battalion. Number: 64841 Date died: 28 September 1918 How died: Died Theatre of war: France & Flanders However, the UK Army Register of Soldiers' Effects has him dying in POW Camp, in Germany

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Document - Geneology of the family of William and Elenor Davies. [S49] 1891 Census :- Church St, Festiniog. [S203] UK Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, Germany (1918).