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Sapper JAMES WILLIAM BRIGGS

Service Number: 136270
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

171st Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1917

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY

C. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Briggs, of 21, Hall Gate, Mexborough, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 229
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