Evan Griffith , my mother's elder brother, was one of eight siblings, born to Robert and Margaret Griffith of Botwnog, Llyn, North Wales. Evan was in service to the Duke of Northumberland as a personal groom, hence the reason he joined the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1914. He died on the first day of the Battle of Arras, April 9th 1917 at the age of 27. In June 2014 I was the first relative to visit his grave at Roclincourt Military Cemetery. Accompanied by my husband, we made the journey to Arras this summer and found Uncle Evan's grave, down a grass path in the middle of French farmland. At the sight of the well-kept Cemetery, we were overcome with emotion and we thought of his grief stricken parents and sister, my mother, Mary Elizabeth Thomas, nee Griffith. We placed a Royal British Legion wooden cross, which seemed a small token for a life lost in such tragic circumstances. Also, I remember my Uncle Richard Parry Griffith. Uncle Dick, as he was known by his nephews and nieces, never recovered from the shell shock he received in the Great War and was looked after by my parents until the end; he died on the 28th February 1977 whilst planting potatoes in our well stocked vegetable garden, which he had tended for 50 years. He was 78 years old and still carried the shrapnel in his body to the day he died. We all loved him. Maybe some one can let me know, by his uniform, which battalion Private Richard Parry Griffith in the top photo showing the two brothers. It was thought he was in the Flintshire Fusiliers. Note: Can anyone shed light on the other soldiers who are in the photos?

Margaret Dorothy Hulyer