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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM LONSDALE BRIGGS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XVII. A. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st/5th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. E. J. Briggs, of East View, Brow Top, Workington, Cumberland, and the late Mr. F. S. H. Briggs.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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