Sapper JOHN BRIERWOOD
Service Number: 5059338
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Engineers
241 Field Coy.
Date of Death
Died 07 January 1945
Age 32 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Foster-son of Ralph and Mary Hancock; husband of Doris Brierwood, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
- Personal Inscription THO' YOU SLEEP FAR AWAY OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU EACH PASSING DAY. DUTY NOBLY DONE
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