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Lance Corporal JOHN WILLIAM GRIGGS

Service Number: 8851
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1915

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. A. 34.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Bessie Griggs, of Southery, Downham, Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS SADLY MISSED BY HIS SORROWING FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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