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Rifleman PERCY WILLIAM BRIGGS

Service Number: R/31274
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 March 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

IX. B. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Alice Briggs, of 28, Geddeston Rd., Upper Clapton, London.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 815
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