Private 23170 William Brisco
Regiment/Unit: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 9th of April 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Faubourg D`Amiens Cemetery Arras - III. P. 21.
Family details:
Son of William and Ellen Brisco, of Parr, St. Helens, Lancs. Brother Thomas is sole legatee.
Census details:
1901 - Shows 6 years old William living at 358 Newton Road, Parr, St Helens with his grandparents Robert Shaw (80) and Sushannah Shaw (78). 1911 - Sees 16 years old 'Cabinet Machinist' William living at 120 Broad Oak Road, Parr, St Helens with widowed father William (60), married brother Thomas (28), his wife Margaret (25) and their two children John William (3), Albert (3 mths). Also a the address is William (seniors) stepson Ernest Victor Molyneux (17).
Notes:
Surname shown as Briscoe on the Cenotaph.
Surname shown as Briscoe on the Cenotaph.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/23170WilliamBrisco_1.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/BriscoWilliam_KORL_a.jpg[/pic]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/BriscoWilliam_KORL_b.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/23170WilliamBrisco.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Brisco_W_23170_RLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private William Brisco at Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
