Family and Education
Gruffydd was born in Gorffwysfa, Bethel, in the parish of Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire the son of a quarryman. He went to Bethel primary school and then Caernarfon School followed by Jesus College, Oxford. In 1909 he married Gwenda Evans the daughter of a minister of religion from Abercarn. They had one son. During the First World War he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in the North Sea and in Egypt attaining the rank of Lieutenant.
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