Private Colin Griffin

Colin Griffin was the son of Edmund Sydney and Amy Griffin, of Cirencester, Gloucestershire. He enlisted into the General Service Corps and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private Griffin successfully completed his glider training and was posted to 12th (Airborne) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).

Pte Griffin was killed in action on 10 June 1944, aged 19, and was given a field burial at Le Bas de Ranville and re-interred to Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France on 29 June 1945.

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