Roll of Honour 2023

P AGE 179

W ORLD W AR II

S T . E DWARD ’ S S CHOOL , O XFORD R OLL OF H ONOUR

Name RONALD HANHAM GRIFFITHS (Gunner)

Lef SES 1926

Roll Number 1675 Died 25:12:1941

Set / House E

Arrive SES 1918

Where HONG KONG Serving with HONG KONG VOLUNTEER FORCE

Age 34

Buried No Known Grave Remembered The St. Edward’s School WW2 Memorial

Born Chard, Somerset 1907, the son of a clergyman, he was a School Prefect, a member of the Rugby Football XV 1924/5, Cricket XI 1923-5 (Captain in 1925), Captain of Fives. Known by the nickname ‘Cat’. In the VIth Form when he left. He went up to Brasenose College, Oxford achieving a BA. Later on he moved to Hong Kong. In 1941 he joined the 1st Battery, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force as a Gunner. He died in the city of Hong Kong, fighting the invading Japanese, on Christmas Day 1941. No further details have survived, and he has no known grave.