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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]

John Henry Briscoe

Died 1916

British Army G/6870 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/6870 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Alfred J Briscoe

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 9729 Serjeant Royal Scots

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Thomas Clifford Briscoe

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788520

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788520 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Alfred Briscoe

Born 1877

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 681333

Canadian Expeditionary Force 681333 Private Canadian Infantry

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Philip Harrison Briscoe

Born 1895

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27045

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27045 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Briscoe

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 39944 Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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Samuel Briscoe

Died 1915

British Army 4050 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Briscoe

Died 1917

British Army 3938 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 291313 Private Cheshire Regiment

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George Albert Ernest Sydney Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force 53462

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William Henry Briscoe

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95791

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John Britton Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force 7581

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William Leslie Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force

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Francis Gerald Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force 2004

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Charles Norman Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force 525

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Leopold Lionel Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force 119

Australian Imperial Force 1986

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Angus Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force 2109

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John Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force 1314

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John Robins Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force 63716

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Frederick John Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force 1029

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Francis Charles Briscoe

Australian Imperial Force 7456

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