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Private SYLVESTER DOUGLAS BRIERLEY

Service Number: 51758
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emily Brierley, of 1, Padcroft Rd., Yiewsley, Middx., and the late Alfred William Brierley. Native of Forest Gate, London.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S FINGER TOUCHED HIM AND HE SLEPT
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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