The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T H Briggs

Private Thomas Henry BRIGGS, G/2897, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after 26th September 1915, age 22.

Born St Johns, Chatham, Kent, son of George and Mary Ann Briggs, of 63, Edinburgh Road, Luton, Kent.

1911 Census - 63, Edinburgh Road, Luton, Kent - George Briggs, head, age 52, head, married, angle iron smith, Government Dockyard, born Chatham, Kent; Mary Briggs, wife, age 58, married 33 years, 9 children, 5 still alive, born Woolwich, Kent; George Briggs, son, age 32, single, boilermaker, Government Dockyard, born Chatham, Kent; William Briggs, son, age 30, single, hairdresser, own account, born Chatham, Kent; Jessie Briggs, daughter, age 20, single, born Chatham, Kent; Thomas Briggs, son, age 18, single, hairdresser, own account, born Chatham, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 21, height 5ft 3 inches, 102lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair. Resided 4 High Street, Luton, Chatham, Kent. Formerly hammerman.

Home 9tn September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

9th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th April 1915, absent from 9.30pm till 8.30pm 20th April, deprived of 4 days pay, 7 days confined to Camp, forfeits 2 days pay; 12th May 1915, absent from 3.00pm Parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 25th June 1915, not complying with an order, 7 days confined to Barracks; ?? July 1915, absent from 9am till 6.00am 30th, deprived of 14 days pay, 14 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 7 days pay; 27th August 1915, awarded 10 days Field Punishment No.2. being found in a cafe beer cellar about 9.15pm; 26th September 1915, posted wounded and missing.

17th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, George Briggs, 63, Edinburgh Road, Luton, Kent; Mother, Mary Ann Briggs, 63, Edinburgh Road, Luton, Kent; Brother - George Briggs, age 40, 63, Edinburgh Road, Luton, Kent; Sisters - Emily Stone, age 33, Star SS Govianna, Malta; Jessie Tobin?, age 28, 63, Edinburgh Road, Luton, Kent.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas De Calais, France.

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