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 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.
