LIEUT. CLIVE GRIFFIN, M.C. WITH BAE, R.F.A. (T.F.) 1ST BBIGADE, R.F.A, DIED AT SALONIKA, NOVEMBER 11TH, 1916, OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION ON THE STRUMA FRONT, OCTOBER 2ND. AGED 23. At the School 1908—11 (Manor House). Lieut. Clive Grifiin was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin, of Folkestone, and entered the School from Yardley Court in September, 1908. In 1911 he was second in the Gymnastic VIII., but no Gymnastic Pair was sent to Aldershot that year, and therefore his name does not appear on the walls of the Gymnasium. After leaving School at Easter, 1911, he went through a technical course with a view to taking up motor engineering as a profession. On October 28th, 1914, he received a commission in a Territorial Brigade, R.F.A., and in the following December he volunteered and went out in charge of a draft of men to be attached to an Ammunition Column, R.F.A., of a Division in France. He was recommended by the G.O.C. of the Division for distinguished conduct in the field at the second Battle of Ypres in April, 1915. On April 29th, 1915, his Colonel wrote to him as follows :— " I am very sorry you and your section have had such a rotten time lately and write to tell you that we all appreciate the courage and endurance you have all displayed. Captain has told me of your action in unloading a burning wagon of ammunition and I have reported the matter to the C.R.A. I hope you may now enjoy a rest." He was mentioned in Field - Marshal Sir John French's Despatch published January 1st, 1916 ; and was awarded the Military Cross January 1st, 1916. In the same month, before he could receive his decoration, the Division sailed for Salonika, and he was transferred from the column to the guns. On February 25th, 1916, he was promoted Temporary Lieutenant. He was dangerously wounded whilst commanding his guns in some fierce fighting on October 2nd, and as soon as he could be moved was conveyed to the Base. After a time his right leg was amputated in the hope of saving his life, but eventually, on November 11th, 1916, he succumbed to his wounds and was buried in the cemetery there. His CO., who had only taken over the Brigade a few days before, had been Brigade Major of the Gunners of the Division, and wrote of him as " a keen, good officer." His Major, writing when he was wounded, said:— " He was so brave and gallant an officer that I shall feel his loss deeply. He was very hardworking, and as he already wears the M.C. there is no need to say more than that he deserves it one hundred times over. He was wounded whilst most gallantly commanding his guns in a perfect inferno of shell fire." Another Major, who had been with him in the Ammunition Column, wrote :— " I consider Clive one of the bravest men I have ever met: he was a lad who knew no fear, as he proved when he won his M.C. at Ypres, and I am sure his CO. will never get him fully replaced." His Brigadier wrote :— "As you probably know, I was Colonel of the 1st Brigade and your boy was my orderly officer for some time. The 1st Brigade came under me again for the Struma Battle and I was extremely sorry to hear of his wound. The enemy gave some of our guns rather a bad time. I have a great admiration for his courage, which he has shown on many occasions, and I regret very much, in common with all his friends, that he has been so badly wounded. The result of the battle was complete victory." On December 6th he was again mentioned in the Despatch dated October 8th, 1916, from Lieut.-General G. F. Milne, C.B., D.S.O., commanding the British Salonika Army, and on January 10th, 1917, was awarded a Bar to his Military Cross, " for a subsequent act of conspicuous gallantry," the following paragraph appearing in the Gazette:— "2nd Lieut, (temp. Lieut.) Clive Griffin, M.C., K.F.A. (T.F.), showed great bravery and coolness as section commander under heavy shell fire. When seriously wounded he refused to be attended to at the dressing station until all the men there had been dressed."