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Ordinary Seaman JOHN (JACK) BRIGGS

Service Number: P/JX 295511
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.L.C.T. 163

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OLDHAM (CHADDERTON) CEMETERY

Sec. G.C. Grave 130.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Sivil Briggs, of Chadderton; husband of Edith Hilda Briggs, of Westwood, Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription "LIVING NEAR TO JESUS" LOVE'S LAST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN
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