CLICK  HERE  TO GO TO  Portsmouth - Main Memorial     

     CLICK HERE  TO GO SURNAME B INDEX    

NAME:                      Briers, John
RANK:                      Sergeant
UNIT:                      Dorsetshire Regiment
BATTALION ETC:             6th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         5833
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 12th April 1917
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 32. Son of William & Lily Briers, in 1891 family living at Corfe Road, Stoborought, Dorset.
                           Husband of Ethel Maud Tree (formerly Briers), of Married Quarters, Catterick Camp, Yorks (CWGC).
                           On pension card address is 57 Kilmiston Street, Lake Road, Portsmouth.
                           Born: Aldershot, Hants. Enlisted: Dorchester, Dorset. Resided: Wareham, Dorset.