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Private JOHN HENRY BRIGGS

Service Number: 141866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

"C" Coy. 42nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 March 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY

Sp. Mem.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Briggs; husband of Lily May Briggs, of R.R. No. 4, Owen Sound, Ontario. Born at Grimsby, England.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1990
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