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Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Chudleigh Tasmania [3]

Greta New South Wales [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Southport, Cheshire [2]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bowes Park, Middlesex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bromley-by-Bow [1]

Cessnock New South Wales [1]

Chelmsford Essex [1]

Cobar New South Wales [1]

Coseley, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Darley Green, Shropshire [1]

Deloraine Tasmania [1]

Dublin [1]

Earlestown, Lancashire [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

Franmere, Cheshire, England [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Highbury, London [1]

Kirkstall Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Liverpool England [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Louth New South Wales [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Neston, Cheshire [1]

Newport Victoria [1]

Port Augusta South Australia [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Saint Marylebone, London [1]

Seaforth, Lancashire, England [1]

Settle, Yorkshire, England [1]

Staines, Middlesex [1]

Stoke Newington, London [1]

Thame England [1]

The Rock New South Wales [1]

Walthamstow, London [1]

Waterford [1]

Williamstown Victoria [1]

Wortley, West Riding Yorkshire [1]

York [1]

Rank

Private [222]

Driver [22]

Gunner [22]

Corporal [19]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [13]

Serjeant [12]

Lieutenant [10]

Sapper [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Pioneer [6]

Major [5]

Bombardier [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Sergeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal Temporary Serjeant [1]

Directrice [1]

Fireman [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lieutenant /Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker 1 [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2 [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Labour Corps [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Royal Engineers [21]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Army Service Corps [14]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

London Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

British Red Cross Society [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

French Red Cross [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Denbigh Yeomanry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [349]

Royal Navy [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [467]

M [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [457]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Chudleigh Tasmania [3] Greta New South Wales [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Southport, Cheshire [2] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bowes Park, Middlesex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bromley-by-Bow [1] Cessnock New South Wales [1] Chelmsford Essex [1] Cobar New South Wales [1] Coseley, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Darley Green, Shropshire [1] Deloraine Tasmania [1] Dublin [1] Earlestown, Lancashire [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Franmere, Cheshire, England [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Highbury, London [1] Kirkstall Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Louth New South Wales [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Neston, Cheshire [1] Newport Victoria [1] Port Augusta South Australia [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Saint Marylebone, London [1] Seaforth, Lancashire, England [1] Settle, Yorkshire, England [1] Staines, Middlesex [1] Stoke Newington, London [1] Thame England [1] The Rock New South Wales [1] Walthamstow, London [1] Waterford [1] Williamstown Victoria [1] Wortley, West Riding Yorkshire [1] York [1]

Rank

Private [222] Driver [22] Gunner [22] Corporal [19] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [13] Serjeant [12] Lieutenant [10] Sapper [10] Lance Corporal [9] Pioneer [6] Major [5] Bombardier [4] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Sergeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Commander [1] Corporal Temporary Serjeant [1] Directrice [1] Fireman [1] Honorary Major [1] Lieutenant /Adjutant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker 1 [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2 [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [27] Labour Corps [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Royal Engineers [21] Liverpool Regiment [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Army Service Corps [14] Cheshire Regiment [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] London Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] British Red Cross Society [5] Canadian Infantry [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] French Red Cross [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] British West Indies Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Denbigh Yeomanry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [349] Royal Navy [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Australian Imperial Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [467] M [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [457] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Henry Whitby Briscoe

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 7792 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Ross Dickenson Briscoe

Born 1891

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 9th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101st Fusiliers

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Edward Villiers Briscoe

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Adjutant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Briscoe

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123278

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Ernest Briscoe

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102274

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David Archibald Briscoe M.s.m.

Born 1880

Died 1960

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/667 Lance Corporal Otago Mtd Rifles New Zealand Pioneer Battalion

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Harry Edward Briscoe

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 773050

Canadian Expeditionary Force 773050 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Edith Winifred Briscoe

Born 1892

Died 1985

Other Empire Force Nurse French Red Cross

Other Empire Force Nurse British Red Cross

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Joseph Briscoe

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55399

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Frederick John Briscoe

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Harry Briscoe

Born 1893

Died 1966

British Army 1704 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 12995 Machine Gun Corps

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Sydney George Briscoe

Died 1918

British Army 20332 Pioneer Essex Regiment

British Army 4185 Pioneer Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 41852 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Hugh Villiers Briscoe

Born 1896

Died 1980

Royal Navy Z/ 753 Royal Naval Division

British Army Captain The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Herbert John Briscoe

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239893

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Frederick Briscoe

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269465

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Richard Briscoe

Died 1917

British Army 3486 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 36528 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 36528 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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Alfred Herbert Briscoe

Died 1916

British Army 12490 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Robert Briscoe

Died 1918

British Army 20971 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Grantley J Briscoe

Died 1916

British Army 26586 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Stephen Briscoe

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 90899 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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