Joseph Rigg

Joseph Rigg

Birth 17 November 1895 Death 27th Oct 1918 Pte.
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Service #30763

Personal Details

GRO Ref
Place of Birth Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment 1. Furnace Court, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Residence 1911 Census 1. Furnace Court, Cleator Moor , Cumberland, England
School(s) Attended Montreal
Religion/Church Attended C of E
Organisation Membership
Employment/Trade Bricklayers Labourer
Place of Work
Family (Parents and Grandparents) James and Bethia (nee Blakeney)
Siblings George , Bethia ,Mary,James, Jane kirk,Robert,William,John
Wife's Name and Maiden Name
Remarriage of Widow
Children's Christian Name(s)
Family Connection to Roll of Honour

Awards

The Victory Medal
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
The British War Medal, 1914-18

Military Details

Regiment at Enlistment Border Regiment
Battalion at Enlistment 2nd
Rank at Enlistment Pte.
Naval Vessels Served
Service Number at Enlistment 39509
Date of Enlistment 14 October 1915
Place of Enlistment Cleator Moor
Other Regiment
Other Battalion
Other Rank
Date of Transfer to other Regiment
Service Facts
Battalion Diary or Nautical Facts

Death and Memorial Details

Age at Death 22
Date of Death 27th Oct 1918
Regiment at Death Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death 2nd
Rank at Death Pte
Circumstances of Death Died of Wounds
Service Number at Death 30763
Field of Action at Death
Place of Death Leytonstone Hospital
Battle at Death
Grave/Memorial Image Joseph Rigg
Location of Grave/Memorial CLEATOR (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD
Grave Position In the west part.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2748599/rigg,-/
Grave/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Private Memorial Men Of Cleator And Trumpet Terrace (WMR 3946) ,St Johns War Memorial

Other

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