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Name:

Robert BRIGGS

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Bombardier

Initials:

Service No.:

755819

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Hebburn, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force).

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

South Shields, Co. Durham.

Place of Residence:

Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.

Home Address:

21 Norman Terrace, Bridge End, Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Clara Vale Colliery.

How Died:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

Saturday 19th May 1917

Place of Death:

Battle/Campaign:

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Clara Vale Colliery Memorial, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 9th June 1917.

Family Details:

Husband of Mary Briggs, 21 Norman Terrace, Bridge End, Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War. Hexham Herald, 9th June 1917.

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