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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Briscoe Francis Henry
|Army number=4036771
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=Att'd 15/2/40 King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Trf Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Iceland?, Posted ? Bn DLI, Class Z Army Reserve 31/7/1946.
|Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
-|Promotions=.
+|Promotions=Appointed Unpaid Lance Corporal 19/9/1944.  Appointed Paid Lance Corporal 19/9/1944.Relinquished appointment on posting to X List II 24/10/1944.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.

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 |Army number=4036771
 |Rank=Private.
-|Unit=Attested 15/2/40 at Shrewsbury for the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.  Posted to the King's Shropshire Light Infantry Infantry Training Centre.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland 12/9/1940 - 4/1/1942.  Served Normandy 11/6/1944 - 2/3/1945.  Posted ? Bn DLI, Posted to Y List 7 7/5/1946 - on release leave.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 31/7/1946.  Discharged from the Reserve 30/6/1959 .
+|Unit=Attested 15/2/40 at Shrewsbury for the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.  Posted to the King's Shropshire Light Infantry Infantry Training Centre.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland 12/9/1940 - 4/1/1942.  Served Normandy 11/6/1944 - 2/3/1945.  Posted 6th Battalion DLI 28/8/1944 on the disbanding of the 10th Battalion.  Posted to X II List 24/10/1944.  Posted to 46 Reinforcement Holding Unit 26/11/1944.  Posted X II List 13/12/1944.  Posted Y List A 3/3/1945.  Posted to the 4th Holding Battalion DLI 19/5/1945. Posted Y List B 8/8/1945.  Posted 4th Battalion DLI 22/10/1945.  Posted to Draft RPAPG 5/12/1945. Posted to Y (H) A 7/12/1945.  Posted to 1st Battalion DLI 23/12/1945.  Served CHF 5/12/1945 - 31/3/1946.  Served Middle East Forces 1/4/1945 to 6/5/1946.  Posted to Y List 7 7/5/1946 - on release leave.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 31/7/1946 and struck off Y List.  Relegated to the Z(T) Reserve 1/8/1946.  Demobilised.   Discharged from the Reserve 30/6/1959 .
 |Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40 on being posted to the 10th Battalion.
 |Source table=10DLI

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 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
 |Promotions=.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.

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 |Decorations=None known beyond standard Service Awards, including the France and Germany Star.  was, however, awarded a Good Conduct Certificate by the Commander in Chief
 |Date of birth=Born 26/11/1919 at Madeley, Wellington, Salop.
-|Age=(At time of death).Not yet known.
+|Age=Aged 68 at the time of his death.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.

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 |Army number=4036771
 |Rank=Private.
-|Unit=Attested 15/2/40 at Shrewsbury for the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.  Posted to the King's Shropshire Light Infantry Infantry Training Centre.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland 12/9/1940 - 4/1/1942.  Served Normandy 11/6/1944 - 2/3/1945.  Posted to the 6th Battalion DLI 28/8/1944.  Posted to the X II List 24/10/1944.  Posted to 46 Reinforcement Holding Unit 26/11/1944.  Posted to X II List 13/12/1944.  Posted to Y List A 3/3/1945.  Returned to the UK 3/3/1945.  Posted to the 4th Holding Battalion DLI 19/5/1945.  Posted to Y List B 3/8/1945.  Posted to the 4th Battalion DLI 22/10/1945.  Posted to Draft RPAPG 5/12/1945.  Posted List X (II) A 7/12/1945.  Posted to the 1st Battalion DLI 23/12/1945.  Posted to Middle East Forces 1/4/1946 - 6/5/1946.  Medically examined prior to return to the UK.  Returned to the UK 7/5/1946 - 31/7/1946.  Posted to Y List 7 7/5/1946 - on release leave.  Granted Class A Release.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 31/7/1946.  Discharged from the Reserve 30/6/1959 .
+|Unit=Attested 15/2/40 at Shrewsbury for the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.  Posted to the King's Shropshire Light Infantry Infantry Training Centre.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland 12/9/1940 - 4/1/1942.  Served Normandy 11/6/1944 - 2/3/1945.  Posted ? Bn DLI, Posted to Y List 7 7/5/1946 - on release leave.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 31/7/1946.  Discharged from the Reserve 30/6/1959 .
 |Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40 on being posted to the 10th Battalion.
 |Source table=10DLI
-|Decorations=None known beyond standard Service Awards, including the France and Germany Star.  He was, however, awarded a Good Conduct Certificate by the Commander in Chief.
+|Decorations=None known beyond standard Service Awards, including the France and Germany Star.  was, however, awarded a Good Conduct Certificate by the Commander in Chief
 |Date of birth=Born 26/11/1919 at Madeley, Wellington, Salop.
-|Age=Aged 68 at the time of his death.
+|Age=(At time of death).Not yet known.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
 |Joined Brigade=On being posted to the 10th Battalion.
-|Promotions=Appointed Unpaid Lance Corporal 19/9/1944.  Paid Lance Corporal 19/9/1944.  Rank relinquished on posting to X List II 24/10/1944.
+|Promotions=.
-−
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 5/10/1988 - aged 68.  Buried in Drove Road Cemetery, Biggleswade.
-|Home address=Worked as a Sanitary Pipe Maker before enlistment.  Father Francis Briscoe.  Mother Kate Arthur Rickers.  Address on enlistment 35, Portley Road, Dawley, Salop.
+|Home address=Worked as a Sanitary Pipe Maker before enlistment.  Father - Francis Briscoe (1896 - 1976).  Mother - Kate Arthur Rickers (1895 - 1978).  Address on enlistment 35, Portley Road, Dawley, Salop.  Married Betty Doreen Carter 26/2/1944 at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.  Lived at 125 Hitchin Street, Biggleswade.
 }}
 Thanks are due to researcher Tom Tunney for supplying much of the information for this Page.