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Thomas Briggs

In memory of:

Private Thomas Briggs

August 27, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

3105671

Age:

43

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Division:

116th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

February 16, 1875

Son of Samuel and Nancy Briggs, of Blackburn, England; husband of Nora King (formerly Briggs), of 383, Riverside Avenue, South Somerset, Mass, U.S.A.

Commemorated on Page 374 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. A. 47.

Location:

Dury is a village about 17 kilometres east-south-east of Arras. Travelling from Arras Centre, take the N39 Arras-Cambrai road for approximately 16.5 kilometres, where you turn left along D956. On this road take the first right fork of the Y Junction at 900 metres. Take the first right at 650 metres. The DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY lies on the left side of this road 100 metres from the junction.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– 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 733 of 906

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