Basic Details
Surname
Griffen
Forenames
Norman William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Griffin
Served or died
Died
Service number
91783
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 6 Whitsed Street. It misrecords his surname as 'Griffen' and that he was in the 16th Battalion.

(CWGC records that Private Norman William Griffin, regimental number 91783, died aged 19 on 18/10/1918 serving in the 1st/6th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, and that he is now buried in grave VIII.E.4 at Niederzwehren Cemetery at Kassel in Germany, having been reinterred after the War. They record him as the son of William and Mary Ann Griffin of 6 Whitsed Street, Peterborough. Norman William Griffin's birth was registered in Peterborough in 1899. He was baptised as such at St Mary's Church in Peterborough on 1/10/1899. His Army service record is under the name 'Norman William Griffin'. It contains the notification of his death sent from Quedlinburg Prisoner of War Camp, stating that Norman's date of birth was 15/9/1899, and that he had died on 18/10/1918 at Quedlinburg, where he was initially buried).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Durham Light Infantry
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
16th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Germany
Town of death
Quedlinburgh
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
October
Day of death
18
Manner of death as stated
Died as a Prisoner of War at Quedlinburgh, Germany
Personal Details
Address
6, WHITSED STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial