Son of James and Mary Briggs, of Aughton House, Eckersley Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School (1909-1912) and of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Formerly Private 2685, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Briggs, Harold –
Personal details
- Surname: Briggs
- Forename: Harold
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 19
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: January 10th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 240855
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Black Horse Inn (Bury Road) WWI Roll of Honour - Bolton
- Horwich 1914-18 Roll of Honour - Horwich Heritage
- Loyal North Lancashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School WWI Roll of Honour
- CWGC Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: Panel 41 and 43.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 19/03/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7c 6h