Briggs, Edgar Tong
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edgar Tong |
Surname | Briggs |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Tong and Emily Briggs, of Whetstone, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | T2561 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot JJ. Grave 122. |
Epitaph | BELOVED SON OF TONG AND EMILY BRIGGS, LOW FELL, GATESHEAD "REST IN PEACE" |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 12 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1005748 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 20 OTU |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Rural location, Bogs O'Mayne, Morayshire, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Mural & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Erected on the site of RAF Elgin (Bogs of Mayne) a satellite airfield for No 20 OTU Lossiemouth between 1940 and 1945. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-09-1942 |
End Date | 11-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf |
Reason for Loss | Airborne from Advanced Base (location not known). Crashed near Elsendorp (Noord Brabant), 20 km NNE of Helmond, Holland. All were buried in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, but the two Canadians are now located in the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek. Sgt C.A.Sherman RCAF KIA Sgt E.Hilton KIA Sgt A.Nicholas KIA Sgt E.T.Briggs KIA Sgt F.W.Gennett RCAF KIA |