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Private JOHN WILLIAM BRIGGS

Service Number: G/4844
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 June 1915

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot A. Row 1. Grave 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of William and Elizabeth Briggs, of Pontefract.
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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