The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E W Briggs

Photograph by Chris(tine) Eaton

Private Edward William BRIGGS, G/21543, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, received in action, gas, 56 Casualty Clearing Station, France and Flanders, 18th September 1918.

Born Dalston, E. son of William & Ada Briggs.

1911 Census - 55a Woodland Street, Dalston - William Briggs, head, age 39. married, Police Constable, City of London, born Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire; Ada Briggs, wife, age 38, married 14 years, 2 children, 1 still alive, born Bethnal Green, London; William Edward Briggs, son, age12, school boy, born Bethnal Green, London.

Enlisted Stratford, E, age 18, height 5ft 6⅜, weight 103lbs, poor physical development, mole back left shoulder. Resided 55a Woodland Street, Dalston. Formerly auction? warehouseman.

Home 8th June 1916 to 26th July 1917; BEF, 27th July 1917 to 24th October 1917; Home 25th October 1917 to 18th August 1918; BEF 19th August 1918 to 18th September 1918.

8th June 1916, enlisted & posted Depot, Rifle Brigade, 21396; 12th June 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Rifle Brigade; 17th October 1916, transferred to 3/8 Middlesex Regiment, Bishopsbourne, Kent; 15th January 1917, transferred to ???? Hussars?; 19th May 1917 to 29th May 1917, Military Hospital Canterbury, sprained right knee; 29th July 1917, posted BEF & Kent Cyclist Corps, embarked Southampton; 30th July 1917, disembarked Havre; 31st July 1917, joined Cyclists Base Depot; 17th September 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 22nd October 1917, 55 Field Ambulance / 46 Casualty Clearing Station, wounded, gun shot wound face; 23rd October 1917, admitted 14 General Hospital Wimereux; 24th October 1917, to UK SS Princes Elizabeth; 25th October 1917 to 3rd November 1917, Norfolk War Hospital, Thorpe, Norwich, gun shot wound face; Narborough Hospital, 3rd November 1917 to 24th November 1917, gun shot wound face; 12th December 1917 to 25th February 1918, Easter Command Cyclist Depot, Kingston, shrapnel wound below left eye; 18th August 1918, posted BEF; 19th August 1918, embarked Folkestone; 19th August 1918, disembarked Boulogne; 20th August 1918, Infantry Base Depot Etaples, transferred to 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th August 1918, joined 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 18th September 1918, wounded, gas.

31st March 1919, date on which Separation Allowance of 5/2 a week, payable to mother, will cease.

16th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Briggs, 55a Woodland Street, Dalston; Mother, Ada Briggs, 55a Woodland Street, Dalston; rother, Lesley George Briggs, age 5, 55a Woodland Street, Dalston.

Buried at Grevillers British Cemetery, XIII.C.18., Pas de Calais, France.

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