Son of Thomas Henry Briercliffe and Sarah Louise (nee Benson), his wife, of Wheatfield, Radcliffe Road, Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire. Of 2, Bowkers Row, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School (1897-1905). Commissioned September 1915.
Briercliffe, Louis Bernard –
Personal details
- Surname: Briercliffe
- Forename: Louis Bernard
- Date of birth: March 4th, 1890
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 27
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: March 31st, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Unit: 3rd/3rd East Lancashire Brigade.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Artillery (Nelson Square) Memorial - Bolton
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- New Jerusalem Church WWI Memorial - Kearsley
- St. Stephen and All Martyrs (Lever Bridge) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Haute-Avesnes British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: B. 2.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/09/1915 05/04/1917 05/04/1917 13/04/1917 07/12/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6d/e* 4h 6c/f* 6g S21*
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 05/04/1917 06/07/1917 23/11/1917 28/12/1917