Constable James Briggs DCM MM

Constable James Briggs DCM MM http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/680/Constable-James-Briggs-DCM-MM en-us Copyright 2011, Yuku ceco@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:55:51 GMT Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:32:29 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Constable James Briggs DCM MM ]]> http://irishconstabulary.com/reply/919/Constable-James-Briggs-DCM-MM#reply-919 feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/reply/919 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:32:29 PST <![CDATA[ Constable James Briggs DCM MM ]]> http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/680/Constable-James-Briggs-DCM-MM Constable James Briggs, 70463. Killed in Ireland 3rd June 1921, aged 29 years

James Briggs joined the RIC on 25 Feb 1920. Prior to this he had served with the 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Corporal 14429) where he won the MM in August 1917 at Frezenburg for taking control of a unit when his commander was fatally wounded. He received the DCM in October 1918...

for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations east of Ypres. On the 5th October 1918 he located a machine gun post by a daylight patrol and during the night raided it, capturing two heavy and one light machine gun.

He was known as 'Jock' to his comrades in the RIC and was killed when on a cycle patrol near Borrisokane in County Tipperary. The 12 man patrol was making its way from Borrisokane to Cloughjordan on... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/680 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:55:51 PST