My Granddad

[coe1951]

Hello everyone, My name is Marilyn and I was recommended by a friend to visit this forum because I am trying to find information about my Granddad. He was Joseph Edwin Briscoe, he was killed in France in August 1917 when my Mum was a baby. All the information about him was lost during the blitz in WW2. We found his grave from the CWGC and visited it last year.

[mack]

hiya Marilyn
your grandfather enlisted on 10th November 1914 as private 15676 joseph,edwin Briscoe,kings own royal Lancaster regt,but due to defective eyesight he was discharged on 26-6-15 as permanently unfit for service,he resided at 26 Buckingham st,salford with his wife alice and two daughters alice+lily,he worked at the brewery as a bottle washer.born 4-3-1890
he married miss alice Oakley at christ church,salford on 17th august 1910
daughters alice born 16-12-1911 and lily born 17-10-15,agnes was born the following year,both alice and lily were baptised at Christ church.
killed in action 20-8-17,three days after his wedding anniversary.

he would have re-enlisted not long after his discharge,how he got past the doctors with his bad eyesight is a mystery,theres no doubt that he was keen to serve his country.

alice received 7 shillings pay and 3 pounds war gratuity

alice remarried in 1921 the former pte 18225 peter chatterton[kings own royal Lancaster regt]of 11 Christopher st,salford

mack