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Sergeant WILLIAM BRIGGS

Service Number: 751402
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

53 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WESTWOOD (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD

South part. Grave 166.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William J. Briggs and Elizabeth Briggs, of Coventry.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE TO HIM WAS VERY SWEET YET HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
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