Lance Corporal 1941 Horace Henry BRIGGS

Lance Corporal 1941 Horace Henry Briggs{gallery}L/Cpl H H Briggs{/gallery}1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of Pozieres (Somme), France and Flanders, 26th July 1916, aged 20

• Buried: Pozieres British Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave XVII.L.17
  
• Awarded: British War & Victory medals
• Son of Abijah and Mary Ann Briggs
• NNWFHS Memorial: King Edward VI Grammar School, Nuneaton Royal Warwickshire and Vicarage Street School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for L/Cpl Briggs
• Pozieres British Cemetery
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 28 Mar 1896 in Aldwinckle, Northants
  
• Attended Nuneaton National, Vicarage Street and King Edward VI Grammar Schools
• Lived at Mount Street Passage, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at 15 Hinckley Road, Nuneaton [1911]
• Lived at 57 Riversley Road, Nuneaton [1917]
  
• Employed as a railway booking clerk with the London and North Western Railway
• Enlisted at Nuneaton in 1914, formerly a member of the Territorials