BRIGGS, George William
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Rank:
WO2 Staff Sergeant Major
Unit/Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
7887844
Died :
Monday, August 26, 1946
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
31
Cemetery/Memorial:
Warrant Officer 2 (SSM) George Briggs died in the UK of wounds received at Normandy, France [1][1a][1b].
19 August 1942 (Lance Sergeant) wounded during operations at Dieppe, France [2].
Sources
[1] CWGC
[1a] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77
[1b] ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/49.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
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