Edith Eliza Briggs
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Address
24, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham.
Date of birth
25 Oct 1870
Date of death
09 May 1941 (70 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Extra information
Nottingham Evening Post, Deaths, Monday May 12th 1941: BRIGGS- Edith Ellen, mother of Doris Winifred Relph and widow of the late Fred Briggs, Horton, Bradford. Grave Reference: Wilford Hill: Q26/83 Buried: May 14th 1941 RELPH – May 1941, as a result of enemy action, Doris Winifred and Sheila Doreen, beloved wife and youngest daughter of Roland A Relph. Interment 2 o’ clock Wednesday at Wilford Hill Cemetery. Funeral leaves Lymn, Robin Hood Street 1.30 pm. Nottingham Evening Post, 9/5/1942, Page 2, In Memoriam: RELPH-BRIGGS – In memory of my darling Sheila, her mummy and grandma, killed by enemy action one year today. Always in my thoughts – Joyce. Grave Reference: Wilford Hill: Q26/83 Buried: May 14th 1941
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Edith Eliza Briggs was laid to rest 14/5/1941 at Nottingham Southern Cemetery (Wilford Hill) along with her daughter Doris Relph and granddaughter Sheila Relph. They were all killed when their home, 24, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford was destroyed 9/5/1941. Her son in law, Doris's husband, Roland Relph, died at Leeds in 1955 and was also interred in this now badly neglected grave.
Photo: David Nunn