Charles James Briggs

Sir Charles James Briggs KCB, KCMG (* 1865 in Hylton Castle, Sunderland, † 1941) was a British officer, last lieutenant general.

Life

When the war began in 1914 he became commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the British Expeditionary Force in northern France. On September 1, 1914, he succeeded the German 4th Cavalry Division south of Compiegne inflicting heavy losses at Nery. In May 1915, Briggs took over command of the 3rd Cavalry Division on the Western Front. In October 1915 he became commander of the 28th Division, which was deployed at the new front at Salonika. As of May 1916, he was finally Commanding General of the XVI. Corps of the British Salonika Army under General George Milne. Briggs served from February 1919 to May 1919 as head of the British Military Mission in South Russia.