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247831 L/Cpl. David Griffiths British Army 10th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers from:Glanamman (d.24th August 1918) David Griffiths was the middle son of William and Mary Ann Griffiths. He was born in 1894 in Glanamman. He enlisted in the 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Ammanford early in the war with his friend Joe Jones. David fought at Ypres, the Somme, Albert and Delville Wood. By the summer of 1917, his Division was fighting in the Arras area, by November of that year he was in action at Cambrai. In the German spring offensive of 1918 he was in Flanders fighting at the battles of Estaires, Hazebrouck and Bethune. The British launched their counter offensive later in the summer and, on 21st of August 1918, David took part in the Battle of Albert. He was killed in action three days later and is buried at Melville Wood cemetery, near Longueval. He had planned to run a grocer's shop in Glanamman after the war. Like so many of his generation his future plans for life after the Great War never materialised. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**