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Captain ORRIE BRIGGS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

V. C. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles William and Sophia Briggs, of Leeds; husband of Edith M. Briggs, of Morton House, 57, Regent Rd., Great Yarmouth.
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ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 832
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