Briscoe Francis Henry Pte 4036771
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 (At time of death).Not yet known.
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 .
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 .
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.
