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NAME: Briggs, George Leonard Clayton
RANK: Sub-Lieutenant
UNIT: Royal Navy
BATTALION ETC: HMS Genista
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action 23rd October 1916
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
OTHER INFORMATION: Age 20. Born 25th January 1896 in Ireland. Joined navy 15th January 1909. Son of Col. William Egginton Briggs, and Mrs. Mary Georgina Briggs of Qu'Appelle, Sleepers Hill, Winchester.