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Private JAMES HENRY BRIGGS

Service Number: 4462082
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

1. F. 5.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Nellie Briggs, of Longton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription "DOOMED TO KNOW NOT WINTER, ONLY SPRING"
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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