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Name Ernest E Brisco
Regiment 17 RWF
Service Rank and Number Lance Corporal 26247
Military Cemetery/Memorial Erquinghem -Lys Cemetery Churchyard Extension
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial II A 32
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded The Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals
Date and Circumstances of DeathDied of wounds October 11th 1917 France
Biographical Details Known He was born in 1893 in Bedford, Leigh in lancashire. The 1901 census places the family at 28 Lloyd Street, Leigh where the household consisted of Thomas Brisco 33 (born Liverpool), his wife Alice 31 (born in Wrexham) and children Esther 10, Ernest 7, Thomas 5,Richard 4 and Rebecca 2.
Ernest enlisted at the age of 22 in Llandudno. His next of kin recorded in his War Records was his father Thomas Brisco of Milford Street, Mold. Ernest's own address on enlistment was 36 Walkers Lane, St Helens.
His records contain a fascinating correspondence on behalf of his family in Mold and the military authorities regarding what was happening to Ernest in 1916. There seems to have been some confusion about his whereabouts and his condition. We reproduce this correspondence below although the condition of the documents is poor it is interesting and worth struggling with. Just one small example of the confusion and chaos the war and how it affected families at home.
Regiment 17 RWF
Service Rank and Number Lance Corporal 26247
Military Cemetery/Memorial Erquinghem -Lys Cemetery Churchyard Extension
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial II A 32
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded The Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals
Date and Circumstances of DeathDied of wounds October 11th 1917 France
Biographical Details Known He was born in 1893 in Bedford, Leigh in lancashire. The 1901 census places the family at 28 Lloyd Street, Leigh where the household consisted of Thomas Brisco 33 (born Liverpool), his wife Alice 31 (born in Wrexham) and children Esther 10, Ernest 7, Thomas 5,Richard 4 and Rebecca 2.
Ernest enlisted at the age of 22 in Llandudno. His next of kin recorded in his War Records was his father Thomas Brisco of Milford Street, Mold. Ernest's own address on enlistment was 36 Walkers Lane, St Helens.
His records contain a fascinating correspondence on behalf of his family in Mold and the military authorities regarding what was happening to Ernest in 1916. There seems to have been some confusion about his whereabouts and his condition. We reproduce this correspondence below although the condition of the documents is poor it is interesting and worth struggling with. Just one small example of the confusion and chaos the war and how it affected families at home.
