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Melbourne Victoria [13]

Bradford, Yorkshire [11]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8]

Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

London England [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Blackburn, Lancashire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Inverell New South Wales [4]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Yorkshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Beenleigh Queensland [3]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

Bradford England [3]

Brighton Junction Tasmania [3]

Cudgewa Victoria [3]

Durham [3]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Longford Tasmania [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Taroom Queensland [3]

Woolwich, Kent [3]

Young New South Wales [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Blackburn England [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [2]

Colebrook Tasmania [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Cudgewa New South Wales [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Duffield, Derbyshire [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [1693]

Gunner [216]

Driver [148]

Sapper [130]

Corporal [129]

Serjeant [125]

Second Lieutenant [76]

Lance Corporal [56]

Captain [40]

Acting Corporal [33]

Lieutenant [31]

Pioneer [28]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Bombardier [17]

Major [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Major General [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Brigadier [3]

Drummer [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Bugler [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [259]

Royal Engineers [227]

Labour Corps [212]

Army Service Corps [180]

Royal Garrison Artillery [112]

Royal Army Medical Corps [98]

West Yorkshire Regiment [96]

Northumberland Fusiliers [76]

West Riding Regiment [76]

Durham Light Infantry [75]

Machine Gun Corps [67]

London Regiment [60]

Manchester Regiment [60]

Yorkshire Regiment [60]

Lincolnshire Regiment [55]

York and Lancaster Regiment [52]

Lancashire Fusiliers [50]

Royal Fusiliers [50]

East Lancashire Regiment [41]

Liverpool Regiment [41]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [41]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [39]

East Yorkshire Regiment [37]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [35]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31]

Leicestershire Regiment [29]

Border Regiment [28]

Suffolk Regiment [28]

Royal Naval Division [27]

Rifle Brigade [26]

Middlesex Regiment [25]

Norfolk Regiment [25]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

Northamptonshire Regiment [22]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [21]

Army Ordnance Corps [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Tank Corps [19]

North Staffordshire Regiment [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

Essex Regiment [16]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [16]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

South Lancashire Regiment [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [16]

Service

British Army [2646]

Royal Navy [245]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [214]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [168]

Australian Imperial Force [165]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [3524]

S [2]

D [1]

H [1]

J [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3448]

Merchant Navy [47]

Conscientious Objector [16]

Country

United Kingdom [82]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [13] Bradford, Yorkshire [11] Sheffield, Yorkshire [8] Leeds, Yorkshire [7] London England [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Brighton, Sussex [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Blackburn, Lancashire [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Gateshead, Durham [4] Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Inverell New South Wales [4] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Yorkshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Beenleigh Queensland [3] Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] Bradford England [3] Brighton Junction Tasmania [3] Cudgewa Victoria [3] Durham [3] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Lambeth, London [3] Longford Tasmania [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Taroom Queensland [3] Woolwich, Kent [3] Young New South Wales [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Blackburn England [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [2] Colebrook Tasmania [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Cudgewa New South Wales [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Deptford, London [2] Duffield, Derbyshire [2] Fulham, London [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [1693] Gunner [216] Driver [148] Sapper [130] Corporal [129] Serjeant [125] Second Lieutenant [76] Lance Corporal [56] Captain [40] Acting Corporal [33] Lieutenant [31] Pioneer [28] Acting Serjeant [22] Bombardier [17] Major [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Acting Bombardier [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Serjeant Major [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Rifleman [6] Able Seaman [5] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Major General [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Captain [4] Worker [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Brigadier [3] Drummer [3] Leading Seaman [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Armament Staff Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Brevet Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Bugler [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [259] Royal Engineers [227] Labour Corps [212] Army Service Corps [180] Royal Garrison Artillery [112] Royal Army Medical Corps [98] West Yorkshire Regiment [96] Northumberland Fusiliers [76] West Riding Regiment [76] Durham Light Infantry [75] Machine Gun Corps [67] London Regiment [60] Manchester Regiment [60] Yorkshire Regiment [60] Lincolnshire Regiment [55] York and Lancaster Regiment [52] Lancashire Fusiliers [50] Royal Fusiliers [50] East Lancashire Regiment [41] Liverpool Regiment [41] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [41] Yorkshire Light Infantry [39] East Yorkshire Regiment [37] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [35] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32] Royal Army Service Corps [31] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31] Leicestershire Regiment [29] Border Regiment [28] Suffolk Regiment [28] Royal Naval Division [27] Rifle Brigade [26] Middlesex Regiment [25] Norfolk Regiment [25] East Surrey Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] Northamptonshire Regiment [22] Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] Worcestershire Regiment [21] Army Ordnance Corps [20] Army Veterinary Corps [20] Tank Corps [19] North Staffordshire Regiment [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] Essex Regiment [16] Royal Scots Fusiliers [16] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] South Lancashire Regiment [16] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [16]

Service

British Army [2646] Royal Navy [245] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [214] Canadian Expeditionary Force [168] Australian Imperial Force [165] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [3524] S [2] D [1] H [1] J [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3448] Merchant Navy [47] Conscientious Objector [16]

Country

United Kingdom [82] Canada [1] New Zealand [1]

Vincent Briggs

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 6634 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6634 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Cecil Baron Briggs

Born 1896

Died 1969

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Edmund Cooper Briggs

Born 1882

Died 1976

British Army WR27430 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 27430 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 27430 Acting Sargeant Royal Engineers

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William John Briggs

Born 1879

Died 1940

British Army 3307 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 490890 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

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Alfred Briggs

Died 1916

British Army 9768 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Robert Briggs

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 2211 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 2211 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Sidney Frank Briggs

Born 1891

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313635

Royal Navy K3007

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Robert Briggs

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 24417 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Harry Briggs

Born 1871

Died 1914

British Army 6533 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6533 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Frederick Cecil Currer Briggs

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment

British Army Major The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Harry Briggs

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 18669 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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James Briggs

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40969

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Laurance Harold Briggs

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70502

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Thomas Henry Briggs

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261684

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Ernest Briggs

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294370

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John William Briggs

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193559

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Frank Edwin Briggs

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264224

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Arthur Briggs

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279308

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Oscar Charles Briggs

Born 1876

Died 1918

Royal Navy 25761DA ( 2576/DA ) Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 2576 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. "Pekin."

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Olive Mary Briggs

Born 1885

Died 1940

Other Empire Force V.A.D. 30 Commandant Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment Red Cross Aux Hospl. Whittlesford Cambs.

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