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Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Briggs KCB KCMG
(1865-1941) was a British Army officer who held high command in World War I.
Military career
Born the son of Colonel Charles James Briggs JP DL, Brigg's
education took place largely abroad, including periods in France and Germany.
He was commissioned into the 1st King's Dragoon Guards on 30 January 1886 and
served as ADC to the General Officer Commanding Egypt from 1892 to 1893. He
became Adjutant of the 1st Dragoon Guards in November 1894 and Brigade Adjutant
of 4th Cavalry Brigade in April 1897. He served in the Second Boer War as
Brigade Major of 3rd Cavalry Brigade and was wounded at the Battle of
Magersfontein. He went on to command 1st Imperial Light Horse and then the
Mobile Column before transferring to the 6th Dragoons in July 1904.
He was appointed Commander of the Transvaal Volunteers in
1905 and took part in suppressing the Bambatha Rebellion in 1906. He was
appointed Commander of the South Eastern Mounted Brigade in 1910 and commanded
the Blue cavalry in the Army Manoeuvres of 1912.
He served in World War I initially as Commander of 1st
Cavalry Brigade in the British Expeditionary Force where he took part in the
action at Nery. He commanded 3rd Cavalry Division from May 1915, the 28th
Division in Salonika from October 1915 and XVI Corps (later redesignated as the
British Salonika Army) from May 1916.
He was Chief of the British Military Mission to South Russia
from February to June 1919 before retiring in February 1923. In retirement he
was Colonel of the King's Dragoon Guards from 16 March 1926 to 31 December
1939.
Decorations
These include:
Knight Commander
of the Order of the Bath (military division) [K.C.B. cr. 1917]
Knight Commander
of the Order of St. Michael and St. George [K.C.M.G. cr. 1918]
Order of the
White Eagle (Russia)
Commander of the
Legion of Honour (France)
Grand Officer of
the Order of the White Eagle with Swords (Serbia)
Grand Commander
of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
Queen's South
Africa Medal 1899-1902 with 5 clasps
King's South
Africa Medal 1901-1902 with 2 clasps
Natal Rebellion
Medal 1906 with clasp '1906'
1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
1914-1920
Allied Victory
Medal 1914-1919 with oak leaf
Queen Victoria
Golden Jubilee Medal 1897
War Cross with
palm (Greece)
Medal of Military
Merit, 1st class Greece
Charles Briggs
Born: 1865
Hylton Castle, Sunderland
Died: 1941
Allegiance: United
Kingdom United Kingdom
Years of service: 1886-1923
Rank: Lieutenant-General
Commands held: 1st
Imperial Light Horse
Mobile Column
Transvaal Volunteers
South Eastern Mounted Brigade
1st Cavalry Brigade
3rd Cavalry Division
28th Division in Salonika
XVI Corps
British Salonika Army
Battles/Wars: Second
Boer War
First World War
Awards: Knight
Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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