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Lieutenant RICHARD WILLIAM BRISCOE

Service Number: 299603
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

IV. A. 13.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Briscoe; husband of Emma Briscoe. of Floriana. Malta. G.C.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED BE THY MEMORY WHO SACRIFICED THYSELF FOR THE WELFARE OF THY COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 281
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