Private Sam Briggs

Army Number: 61032

Battalion: 2/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Son of Henry and Harriet Briggs, of 7, Railway View, Locksford Lane, Brimington, Chesterfield. He was a wagon driller prior to enlisting at Derby. He was Killed in action, 21st March 1918, aged 20, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.

Private Sam Briggs is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Christ Church War Memorial, Stonegravels, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. 

His two brothers Private Fred Briggs, 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment and Private Arthur Briggs, 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.