Briggs, Samuel Frederick

BORN HULL 1894. NEPHEW OF MARY JANE ROBINSON, 5 SPENCER BUILDINGS, MORTON, GAINSBOROUGH. WORKED AS AN IRON TURNER. ENLISTED AT GAINSBOROUGH, ON 24/06/1913. REGULAR SOLDIER WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH THE 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 28/11/1915, AGED 21, AT EASTBOURNE HOSPITAL. BURIED IN SUSSEX.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTERS MURIEL V BRIGGS AND ROSAMOND ELIZA SIMPSON.


First name:
SAMUEL FREDERICK
Military Number:
9592
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/11/1915
Place died:
Eastbourne (Ocklynge) Cemetery, Sussex, UK
Age:
21
5 SPENCER BUILDINGS, GAINSBOROUGH, , LINCOLNSHIRE, UK