In Memory Of
BRIGGS, ANTHONY HERBERT LINDSAY
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1917-05-25
Rank:
Sub-Lieutenant (E)
Unit:
H.M.S. Hermes
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1942-04-09
Cause of Death:
Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before. Around seventy bombers were sent to dispatch the Hermes which sank within ten minutes.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 63, Column 1.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Herbert and Verena May Briggs. Born Johannesburg. Educated Michaelhouse
