Name: BRIGGS, RICHARD NOWELL
Initials: R N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 80 Field Regt.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 26/01/1945
Service No: 14323427
Additional information: Son of William and Sarah Ellen Briggs, of Whalley, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. 306.
Cemetery: BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY
Adopted by: Edmond Ackermans

“According to our records, Gunner Richard N. Briggs was one of 18 casualties recovered from Schimmert and reburied in Brunssum war Cemetery in July 1946.  There were 2 plots at Schimmert.  The first plot containing 12 casualties was located to the North-East of Schimmert, in the vicinity of the junction of Leeuwenkuilsweg and Mareweg.  The other plot of 6 casualties was to the North-West along the Langstraat.  We do not have photographs of either of these plots.

Source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission