Pte
Joseph Rigg
Military Details
Service Number: 30763
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Enlisted
14 October 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
14 October 1915
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
1. Furnace Court, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
39509
Personal Details
Date of Birth
17 November 1895
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Residence (Census)
1. Furnace Court, Cleator Moor , Cumberland, England
Parents
James and Bethia (nee Blakeney)
Siblings
George , Bethia ,Mary,James, Jane kirk,Robert,William,John
Education and Occupation
School
Montreal
Occupation
Bricklayers Labourer
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
27th October 1918
Age at Death
22
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
Leytonstone Hospital
Regiment at Death
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Pte
Buried or Commemorated at
CLEATOR (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Grave Position: In the west part.
Private Memorial: Men Of Cleator And Trumpet Terrace (WMR 3946) ,St Johns War Memorial
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