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Military service
Service number:
446326
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
February 12, 1885
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
September 17, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private George Briggs
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Death Registry
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 715 of 906 -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private George Briggs
Digital gallery of
Private George Briggs
Digital gallery of
Private George Briggs
Digital gallery of
Private George Briggs
Digital gallery of
Private George Briggs
Digital gallery of
Private George Briggs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 58 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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