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Private A BRIGGS

Service Number: 27852
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT

XI. G. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of G. Alfred and Ada Briggs, of 4, Merrion Place, Briggate, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS ONE OF THE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2269
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