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Lieutenant General Sir

Charles Briggs
Lieutenant General Sir; Charles Briggs
	Charles James Briggs c. 1922
Born	22 October 1865; Hylton Castle, Sunderland, England
Died	27 November 1941 (aged 76); Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1886–1923
Rank	Lieutenant-general
Commands	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 Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Lieutenant General Sir Charles James Briggs, KCB, KCMG (22 October 1865 – 27 November 1941)^[1] 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.^[2] He was commissioned into the 1st King's Dragoon Guards on 30 January 1886^[3] and served as aide-de-camp to the general officer commanding (GOC) Egypt from 1892 to 1893.^[4] Promoted to captain on 1 March 1893, he became adjutant of the 1st Dragoon Guards in November 1894 and brigade adjutant of the 4th Cavalry Brigade in April 1897.^[4]

He served in the Second Boer War as brigade major of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade and was wounded at the Battle of Magersfontein in December 1899. He received a brevet rank as major on 29 November 1900, and was promoted to the substantive rank of major on 14 June 1902.^[5]

Following the end of the war in June 1902, he left Cape Town on the SS Sicilia and returned to Southampton in late July.^[6] For his services during the war, he received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902.^[7] Reported to be medically unfit for foreign service after his return from the war, he was on 1 November 1902 appointed in command of a provisional regiment of Lancers, stationed at Ballincollig.^[8]^[9] He went on to command the 1st Imperial Light Horse and then a Mobile Column,^[4] before transferring to the 6th Dragoons in July 1904.^[2]

He was appointed commander of the Transvaal Volunteers in 1905 and took part in suppressing the Bambatha Rebellion in 1906.^[4] He was appointed commander of the South Eastern Mounted Brigade in 1910^[4] and commanded the Blue cavalry in the Army Manoeuvres of 1912. In May 1913 he relinquished command of his brigade, was promoted to temporary brigadier general, and took over the 1st Cavalry Brigade in succession to Charles Kavanagh.^[10]

He served in the First World War, still as commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, serving with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front in the early months of the war, where he took part in the action at Nery.^[4] He was promoted to major general in February 1915, "for services rendered in connection with Operations in the Field",^[11] and in May he was made general officer commanding (GOC) 3rd Cavalry Division, which he led for the next few months.^[12] He was GOC of the 28th Division from October onwards, which he soon led to the Macedonian front, where both he and his division would remain for the rest of the war. He was GOC XVI Corps (later redesignated as the British Salonika Army) from May 1916,^[4] when he was promoted to temporary lieutenant general.^[13]

He was promoted to substantive lieutenant general in January 1919^[14] and was chief of the British Military Mission to South Russia from February to June 1919 before retiring in February 1923.^[4]^[12]

In retirement he was colonel of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards from 16 March 1926^[15] to 31 December 1939.^[16]

Decorations

These include:

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (military division) [K.C.B. cr. 1917]^[17]
Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George [K.C.M.G. cr. 1918]^[18]
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)^[19]
Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)^[20]
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)^[21]
Medal of Military Merit, 1st class Greece^[22]

References

^ ^a ^b ghgraham.orgSir Charles James Briggs 1865–1941
^ ^a ^b Centre for First World War Studies University of Birmingham Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "No. 25554". The London Gazette. 29 January 1886. p. 441.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
^ "No. 27460". The London Gazette. 1 August 1902. p. 4963.
^ "The Army in South Africa – Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36821. London. 16 July 1902. p. 11.
^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. pp. 4191–4194.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36926. London. 15 November 1902. p. 12.
^ "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7534.
^ "No. 28719". The London Gazette. 16 May 1913. p. 3514.
^ "No. 29074". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1915. p. 1685.
^ ^a ^b "Surnames beginning 'B' - Lions led by donkeys - War Studies".
^ "No. 29730". The London Gazette. 1 September 1916. p. 8597.
^ "No. 13381". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 January 1919. p. 117.
^ "No. 33149". The London Gazette. 9 April 1926. p. 2470.
^ "1st King's Dragoon Guards". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 2.
^ "No. 13186". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1918. p. 9.
^ "No. 31393". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1919. p. 7401.
^ "No. 30945". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 October 1918. p. 11951.
^ "No. 31465". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 July 1919. p. 9232.
^ "No. 31514". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 August 1919. p. 10611.

Military offices
Preceded by George Milne	GOC XVI Corps 1916–1918	Succeeded by Post disbanded
Honorary titles
Preceded by William Vesey Brownlow	Colonel of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards 1926–1940	Succeeded by The Lord Gowrie

[ghgraham-1] raham.orgSir Charles James Briggs 1865–1941

[birm-2] Centre for First World War Studies University of Birmingham Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "No. 25554". The London Gazette. 29 January 1886. p. 441.

[lh-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

[5] "No. 27460". The London Gazette. 1 August 1902. p. 4963.

[6] "The Army in South Africa – Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36821. London. 16 July 1902. p. 11.

[7] "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. pp. 4191–4194.

[8] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36926. London. 15 November 1902. p. 12.

[9] "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7534.

[10] "No. 28719". The London Gazette. 16 May 1913. p. 3514.

[11] "No. 29074". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1915. p. 1685.

[birmingham-12] "Surnames beginning 'B' - Lions led by donkeys - War Studies".

[13] "No. 29730". The London Gazette. 1 September 1916. p. 8597.

[14] "No. 13381". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 January 1919. p. 117.

[15] "No. 33149". The London Gazette. 9 April 1926. p. 2470.

[16] "1st King's Dragoon Guards". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[17] "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 2.

[18] "No. 13186". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1918. p. 9.

[19] "No. 31393". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1919. p. 7401.

[20] "No. 30945". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 October 1918. p. 11951.

[21] "No. 31465". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 July 1919. p. 9232.

[22] "No. 31514". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 August 1919. p. 10611.

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