BRIGGS, K.M

Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
'RM Engineer Commando'
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Service Number: 
PO.X.3095 (T)
06.06.1944 commander LCOCU Team 12 disembarked Normandy H +20.
Lance Sergeant Briggs RM was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for gallant and distinguished service during the initial landings of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy.
 
Sources
DSM - London Gazette 36676, page 4007.
DSM - Admiralty Medal Rolls / National Archives file ADM 171/164.
RM Engineer Commando War Diary entries February, April, June, and Sept. 1944, ref DEF 2/49.
 

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