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Corporal

Maurice George Briggs

Service number 211230
Military unit 20 Bomb Disposal Coy Royal Engineers
Address "Lynton " Orchard Avenue, Kirkby in Ashfield
Date of birth 14 Dec 1913
Date of death 19 Aug 1944 (30 years old)
Place of birth Kirkby in Ashfield
Employment, education or hobbies

In 1939 he was working has a grocery and provisions shop assisstant.

Family history

Son of John and Mary Ann Briggs of Kirkby in Ashfield. By 1939 John had died. Maurice had several older siblings, Thomas, John, Amos and Bertha.

Military history

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

Extra information

Buried in Kirkby in Ashfield CemBuried : Kingsway New Cemetery, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : Section A : Row AH : Grave 4202.
Personal Inscription reaads : "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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