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|Wounded=Not so far as is known. | |Wounded=Not so far as is known. | ||
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:48, 20 March 2026
Personnel Entry
Name Briscoe Francis Henry
Army number 4036771
Rank Private.
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.
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 .
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 27-Jun-40 on being posted to the 10th Battalion.
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.
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 (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.
Source table 10DLI
Thanks are due to researcher Tom Tunney for supplying much of the information for this Page.
