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Lance Corporal JAMES BRIGGS

Service Number: 23869
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD

XII. B. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Mary Briggs, of 35, Ripley Terrace, Ripley Ville, Bradford, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription WE CANNOT LORD THY PURPOSE SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT IS DONE BY THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2112
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