Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Able Seaman Arthur Alfred Griffin. Born in 1904 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, the son of George James and Sarah Ann Griffin. His father was a Deck Hand Seaman. In April 1911 the family were living at 64 Middlesex Street, Portsmouth. In 1933 he married Winifred Margaret Wise in Richmond, Surrey and they lived at 63 Manor Road, Richmond. On the 4th July 1938 he was appointed as a Postman in the London Postal Region. He joined the Royal Navy and served on H.M.S. Malaya, a Queen Elizabeth class battleship, service number P/JX269136. He died on war service on the 13th November 1942, aged 37 years, and is buried in Block B.B., Grave 85, at the Richmond Cemetery, Grove Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 6HP. Probate of his estate was granted to his widow on the 24th February 1943. Effects £342 3s 4d.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan
