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Gunner RICHARD BRIGGS

Service Number: 123696
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

297th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. G. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Ellen Forshaw, of 21, Walmer Cottages, Gill Lane, Longton, Preston.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 548
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