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 … Read more