Thomas BRIGGS (1892-1916)

Name:	Thomas BRIGGS
Sex:	Male
Father:	William BRIGGS
Mother:	Jane PICKERING (1863-1943)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	Sep 1892	Chadsmoor, Staffs 1
Census (1)	31 Mar 1901 (age 8)	Cannock 2
Census (2)	2 Apr 1911 (age 18)	Cannock 3
Occupation	2 Apr 1911 (age 18)	Miner Horse Driver Below Ground; Cannock 3
Death	1 Aug 1916 (age 23)	Mametz, France 4
Burial	1916	France 5

Additional Information

Census (1)	Moreton Street, Chadsmoor
Census (2)	Terrace Road, Chadsmoor
Death	WW1 casualty
Burial	Flatiron Copse Cemetary, Mametz

Individual Note 1

Private, Northumberland Fusiliers, C Coy 11th Batalion⁵

Individual Note 2

Name:Thomas Briggs

Birth Place: Chadsmore, Staffs

Residence:Hednesford, Staffs

Death Date: 1 Aug 1916

Rank:Private

Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers

Battalion: 11th Battalion.

Number: 15968

Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Theater of War: Aldershot⁶

Individual Note 3

Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [database on-line].

 

Name: Thomas Briggs

Birth Place: Chadsmore, Staffs

Residence: Hednesford, Staffs

Death Date: 1 Aug 1916

Rank: Private

Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers

Battalion: 11th Battalion.

Number: 15968

Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Theater of War: Aldershot⁷

Sources

1	"Free BMD". Text From Source: Cannock 6b 512

2	"Census 1901 Cannock RG13/2663/18 (William Briggs)".

	Source: Census 1901 Cannock RG13/2663/18 (William Briggs), Census 1901 Cannock RG13/2663/18 (William Briggs)

3	"Census 1911 Cannock RG14/16942 (William Briggs)".

	Source: Census 1911 Cannock RG14/16942 (William Briggs), Census 1911 Cannock RG14/16942 (William Briggs)

4	"Ancestry".

5	"Commonwealth War Graves Commission". http:// www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=556298.

6	"Ancestry". From military-genealog.com - UK Soldiers Died in the Great War (ancestry.com).

7	Ibid. Military-Genealogy.com. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd.