Cleator Moor World War Records

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Joseph Rigg

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 Victory Medal

The British War Medal, 1914-18

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

Grave of Joseph Rigg

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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