King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
Name BRIGGS, Sir Charles (James) (1865-1941), Lieutenant General
Service biography Joined King's Dragoon Guards 1886; Aide-de-camp to General Officer Commanding Egypt 1892-1893; Bde Adjutant, 4 Cavalry Bde 1897-1899; Bde Maj, 3 Cavalry Bde, South African War 1899-1900; Commander, 1 Imperial Light Horse 1901-1902; Mobile Column 1901-1902; Commander, Transvaal Volunteers 1905-1908; Natal Native Rebellion 1906; South Eastern Mounted Bde, Eastern Command 1910-1913; 1 Cavalry Bde, Aldershot 1913-1914; World War I 1914-1918; 1 Cavalry Bde, British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1914-1915; 3 Cavalry Div 1915; 28 Div 1915-1916; 16 Corps 1916-1919; Commander, British Forces, Salonika 1916; Chief of British Military Mission to South Russia, Feb-June 1919; War Office 1919-1920; retired 1923
Papers
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON: Correspondence and notes 1926 on the Battle of Loos, 1915, in files of the Official Histories (ref: CAB 45/120)