Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Thomas Leonard Briggs

In memory of:

Sapper Thomas Leonard Briggs

August 20, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

2005740

Age:

39

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Division:

1st Tramway Coy.

Additional Information

Born:

February 15, 1879
Gloucestershire, England

Son of Walter and Annie Matilda Briggs; husband of Annie Marie Briggs (nee Stedman), of Buena Vista Heights, Duncan, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 374 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BOVES WEST COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

B. 3.

Location:

Boves is a village about 9 kilometres south-east of Amiens on the west side of the road from Amiens to Moreuil. Boves Communal Cemetery lies to the south of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 735 of 906

    Details

    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 735 of 906
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of August 30, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y229uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

    Details

    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of August 30, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y229uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: