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NAME:                      Briggs, Charles Albert
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Dorsetshire Regiment
BATTALION ETC:             1st Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         9496
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 12th October 1914
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Son of Elizabeth Anne Briggs of 9 Sydney place, Flathouse Road, Portsmouth,
                           later 28 Prospect Road, Portsmouth. Another pension card states 205 Sullan Road, Portsmouth.
                           Brother of Henry who also died.
                           Born: Buckland, Hants. Enlisted: Portsmouth, Hants.