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L/Cpl. Frank Bridgewater
British Army 7th Btn. Border Regiment
from:Middlesbrough
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
Frank Bridgewater was born in Middlesbrough in the July-September quarter of 1897. He enlisted on 2nd of September 1914 in Whitley Bay, when he was 16 or just 17 years old but he said his age was 19 years and 1 month because government policy was that you had to be 18 to sign up and 19 to fight overseas. On the same day he had his medical and was assigned to the 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. He was in France on 7th of July 1915. He was promoted to Lance Corporal (unpaid) on 3rd of March 1917 and was killed seven weeks later in the Second Battle of the Scarpe, part of the fighting around Arras where his death is commemorated. He is also remembered on the memorials in Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees.
Nell "Bridget" Bridgewater
Royal Air Force
I am looking for anyone who remembers Victor Eugene Smith, Tommy Rance, Robin Sharpe (WAAF) or my mum, Nell (Bridge) Bridgewater, who served at Honeybourne 1944-45.
L/Cpl. Charles Bridgland
British Army 6th Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment
(d.10th Aug 1918)
Pte. Harold Bridgwood
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Wednesbury, Staffordshire
(d.26th October 1918)
Private Harold Bridgwood of the 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment was my great-uncle. Sorry I don't know anything else.
Gnr. Andrew Brien
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Bootle, Lancs
(d.22nd Mar 1918)
Andrew Brien was born in Lucan, Co. Dublin and enlisted at Seaforth, Lancs. He served with the Royal Garrison Artillery and died of wounds in March 1918.
L/Sgt. Charles Brien
British Army 1st Btn. Irish Guards
from:Graigue-Cullen, Carlow
(d.10th May 1917)
Lance Serjeant Brien was the Son of Mrs. Sarah Brien, of 5, Sleaty St., Graigue-Cullen, Carlow.
He was 24 when he died and is buried Near the North boundary of the Sleaty Old Burial Ground, Sleaty, Co. Leix, Ireland.
Pte. Edward Brien
British Army 5/6th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.5th Sep 1916)
Edward Brien was the husband of Elizabeth Brien, of 47, Kirwan St. Cottages, Manor St., Dublin. He served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and subsequently with Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 5/6th Battalion. He was killed in action in September 1916 aged 38. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France.
Lt. Frederick George Brien
British Army att. "Y" Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Dublin
(d.20th April 1918)
Frederick Brien was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brien, of Wilton House, Wilton Place, Dublin. He joined up 4th August, 1914, obtaining a commission in 9th Battalion, Inniskilling Fusiliers, and was wounded on 28th June, 1916. He transferred in 1917, to Royal Field Artillery. He died of wounds, received at Merville age 34 and is buried in Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, France.
Pte. John Brien
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.26th Oct 1917)
Pte. John Brien was the husband of Anne Brien, of 3, Bargy Rd., East Wall, Dublin. He served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Battalion and died of wounds at home in October 1917 aged 26. He is buried in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, County Dublin, Ireland.
Pte. John Brien
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.7th Sep 1916)
John Brien was the son of Christopher and Mary Brien, of Black Horse Lane, Phoenix Park, Dublin. He served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 9th Battalion, and died of wounds aged 48 in September 1916. He is buried in La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France.
Gnr. P. Brien
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
Gunner Brien was 36 when he died on the 4th April 1919 and is buried north of the ruin in the Killoughy Old Graveyard, Killoughy, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
Rfm. Phelim Brien
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Shankill, Co. Dublin
(d.14th Nov 1916)
CSM. Thomas Brien
British Army 8th Btn. Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
from:Dublin
(d.11th Jun 1916)
CSM Thomas Brien was the husband of Alice Brien, of 6, Bow Lane, James St., Dublin. He served in the Sudan and South African Campaigns, and with Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), 8th Battalion. He was killed in action in June 1916, aged 39, and is buried in Bois-Carre Military Cemetery, Haisnes, France.
Pte. Thomas Brien
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Finglas, Co. Dublin
(d.15th Jun 1915)
Thomas Brien served with the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers and was killed in action in Gallipoli on the 15th June 1915. His home address was in Finglas, County Dublin.
Pte. Thomas Brien
British Army 13th Btn. Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridges Own)
from:Dublin
(d.10th Jun 1917)
Thomas Brien served with the 13th Battalion the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridges Own) and was killed in action on the 10th June 1917.
AB. William Brien
Mercantile Marine SS Memphian
from:Dublin
(d.8th Oct 1917)
AB William Brien was the son of Patrick and Teresa Brien, of Old Rd., Rush, Co. Dublin. He served with the Mercantile Marine on the SS Memphian (Liverpool). He drowned in October 1917, aged 22, as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Cpl. William Brien
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.6th Jun 1915)
William Brien served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusliers and died of wounds on the 6th June 1915.
Pte. Fred Brierley
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley
Fred Brierley served with the 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
Pte. Joseph Brierley
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Joseph Brierley took part in Trench raids on the night of the 5th-6th June 1916. He was discharged in 1918 sick
Pte. Sylvester Douglas Brierley
British Army 10th Btn. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Plumstead, Kent
(d.19th Aug 1917)
Spr. Herbert Briers
British Army 155th Field Coy Royal Engineers
from:Whitwick, Leicester.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. Arthur Briggs
British Army 9th Btn. Notts and Derby Regiment
from:Brimington
(d.19th Jul 1918)
Arthur Briggs was executed 19/07/1918 age 27 for desertion and is buried in Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin, France. He was the son of Henry & Harriet Briggs, 7 Railway View, Lockoford Lane, Birmingham.
Arthur Briggs joined the 9th Bn Sherwood Foresters in 1915 and saw action almost from the start. By 1916 his battalion was caught up in the futile campaign in Gallipoli and it was there that Arthur succumbed to dysentery and was shipped home to convalesce. At the end of that year he was sent back to France, and left behind an 18 year old pregnant girlfriend and a mother who was totally against any marriage to the girl.
Arthur had to wait until the beginning of 1918 to be allowed home on leave to finally get married. He had been granted seven days leave but at the end of the furlough he did not return to his unit, instead he left for Scotland with his wife and child. Whilst Arthur was ‘absent without leave’ in Scotland he was informed by his mother that his youngest brother Sam had been killed in action - aged just 20. Then only two months later his father Henry died on 26th May 1918. It was only a short time later that Arthur was found and arrested in Edinburgh by military police. Apparently he told the arresting officer 'I was going to give myself up tomorrow!’
He was immediately taken back to France to attend his Court Martial. He was defended by an officer from 9th Battalion who was a solicitor in civilian life and Arthur admitted to one of the charges - that he had been an ‘overstayer’ on previous occasions, but he did not admit desertion. But the fact that he had disposed of his kit and his uniform, was damning evidence. And army witness statements seemed to suggest he wasn’t up to much as a soldier. So despite his plea to the contrary the Court Martial found that he was guilty of desertion and he was sentenced to death. The following morning 21801 Private Arthur Briggs aged 27 was taken out and shot - reports say the time was between 3 and 4am at Bracquemont in France on 19th July 1918, and he was buried in Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension.
If Arthur's story is tragic, his mother Harriet's just as terrible - at least four of her sons joined the army - three were killed (son Fred was killed in action on 1st Sept 1918 aged 25) and her husband Henry died at home and all in the space of less than 6 months. Arthur and his brothers are remembered on the small memorial in Christ Church, Stonegravels, Chesterfield
www.brimington-memorial.co.uk
Pte. Ellis Briggs
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(d.10th Feb 1917)
Pte Ellis Briggs was killed at 10 Tree Alley on the 2nd of February 1917 and is buried in a small graveyard there. He had enlisted in Halifax as Pte 7559 in the West Riding Regiment which was absorbed into the 2nd Batt.Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Sjt. G. Briggs
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
A/CQMS George Briggs
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th DLI
2nd Lt. Henry Francis Briggs
Australian Imperial Force 3rd Battalion
from:Australia
(d.14th Sep 1917)
Henry Francis Briggs was born at Brighton, England in 1891 and worked as a salesman before the outbreak of the First World War. He was 23 years old when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 17th August 1914. He departed Sydney with the 3rd Battalion on 20th October 1914 aboard HMAT Euripides.
Briggs served with the 3rd Battalion in Gallipoli where he was promoted to sergeant on 18th May 1915. He fell ill in November 1915 and recuperated in Egypt until he re-joined his unit on 30th December 1915. Briggs was transferred to the 55th Battalion on 13th February 1916 but he didn't stay with this unit for long. He was transferred to the 14th Australian Machine Gun Company on 11th March 1916. Briggs served with this unit on the Western Front until 20th July 1916. It was whilst fighting to occupy German trenches during the battle of Fromelles that he was reported missing and it was later confirmed that he had been killed in action on 14th September 1917. Henry Briggs is commemorated on the Villers-Brettoneux Memorial, France.
Sgt. Herbert Briggs
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
(d.20th Dec 1915)
Herbert Briggs died of wounds on the 20th of December 1915
James Briggs
British Army 2nd Batallion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Stockport
(d.15th July 1915)
Pte. John James Briggs
British Army 2nd Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley
(d.30th Dec 1914)
John Briggs was killed in action on the 30th of December 1914, aged 31. He is buried in the Estaires Communal Cemetery in France. He was the husband of Mrs Briggs of 153 Gannow Lane, Burnley.
Pte Joseph Briggs
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:High Moorsley Co Durham
(d.9th April 1917)
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