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Lance Serjeant THOMAS EDWARD ALEXANDER BRIGGS

Service Number: 5832288
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

II. E. 2.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Eva Briggs; husband of Ellen E. Briggs, of Thornam Parva, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription "AND WITH THE MORN THOSE ANGEL FACES SMILE, WHICH I HAVE LOVED... AND LOST AWHILE"
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Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 281
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