Maurice George Briggs
In 1939 he was working has a grocery and provisions shop assisstant.
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Son of John and Mary Ann Briggs of "Lynton" Orchard Avenue, Kirkby in Ashfield. By 1939 John had died. Maurice had several older siblings, Thomas, John, Amos and Bertha.
20 Bomb Disposal company was based in Sevenoaks, Kent and was part of the South East Command.
Reported as killed in action on Casualty List No. 1538 dated 30th 1944
Buried in Kingsway New Cemetery, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : Section A : Row AH : Grave 4202.
Personal Inscription reads : "He gave the greatest gift of all, his own unfinished life".
Commemorated on the Kirkby In Ashfield Cenotaph, Kingsway, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire as Briggs M. G. Royal Engineers.
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