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Lieutenant JOHN LEONARD COLLINGWOOD BRIGGS

Service Number: 314977
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons).

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

2. G. 1.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Mindrum Briggs and Nora Carnaby Briggs, of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription YOU DIED FOR YOUR KING AND YOUR COUNTRY. WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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