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Lance Corporal JAMES WILLIAM BRIGGS

Service Number: 8301
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 April 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WOODS CEMETERY

II. G. 10.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James William and Ruth Mary Briggs, of The Five Bells Inn, South Cove, Wrentham, Suffolk, England.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIE GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

WOODS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 321
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