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Private HERBERT BRIGGS

Service Number: 1225
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1915

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

II. C. 19A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Briggs; husband of Emma Briggs, of 49, Green Lane, West Vale, Halifax. Born at Siddal, Halifax.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND'S HEROES IN THE LOVING CARE OF GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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