We remember James Rigby

We remember James Rigby

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1881
sibling William Rigby Source:3742154 1881
1882
sibling John E. Rigby Source:3742154 1882
1887
birth Church, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:3742154 1887
1889
sibling Thomas Rigby Source:3742154 1889
1892
sibling Ellen Rigby Source:3742154 9th December 1892
1893
sibling Amelia Rigby Source:3742154 28th October 1893
1909
marriage Winifred Lizzie Halliwell Source:3742154 9th January 1909
1909
location 56 Banastre Street, Southport, Lancashire United Kingdom parents address Source:3742154 1909
1910
children Winifred Rigby Source:3742154 11th March 1910
1910
location 43 Chatham Road, Birkdale United Kingdom their own address Source:3742154 1910
1914
theatres Egypt :4 Source:3742154 1914 - 1916
1914
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:3742154 1914 - 1918
1914
enlistment Lancashire United Kingdom Source:3742154 19th September 1914
1915
service British Army Platoon Sergeant 15587 East Lancashire Regiment 11th (Service) Battalion Source:3742154 18th December 1915 - 22nd September 1918
1918
location 42 Walmsley Street, Church, Lancashire United Kingdom their own address Source:3742154 1918
1928
dates Age 41 Source:3742154 1928
awards Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration Source:3742154
employment Moulder Howard and Bulloughs Accrington, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:3742154
hospitalisation Tuberculosis Hospital/Institution Source:3742154
hospitalisation Post traumatic stress disorder Hospital/Institution Source:3742154
hospitalisation Wounded four times. Hospital/Institution Source:3742154
service British Army Serjeant 15587 East Lancashire Regiment Source:3742154
1928
death War Related Sickness Post traumatic stress disorder. Tuberculosis. Wounded four times during the War. Sgt Rigby was given a full military funeral in Accrington (Dillhall Lane Cemetery) Withnell Sanatorium, Blackburn, Lancs United Kingdom Source:3742154 1928
children Gladys Rigby Source:3742154
burial Dillhall Cemetery Non-War Cemetery Acrrington, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:3742154
sibling David Rigby Source:3742154

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names James
Initials J
Last Name Rigby
Source 3742154
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
42 Walmsley Street, Church, Lancashire United Kingdom their own address 1918
43 Chatham Road, Birkdale United Kingdom their own address 1910
56 Banastre Street, Southport, Lancashire United Kingdom parents address 1909
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 15587 East Lancashire Regiment Serjeant
British Army 15587 East Lancashire Regiment 11th (Service) Battalion Platoon Sergeant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Winifred Rigby daughter 11th March 1910
Gladys Rigby daughter
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Jane Rigby nee Lister mother
Thomas Rigby father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
David Rigby brother
William Rigby brother 1881
John E. Rigby brother 1882
Thomas Rigby brother 1889
Amelia Rigby sister 28th October 1893
Ellen Rigby sister 9th December 1892
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Winifred Lizzie Halliwell wife 9th January 1909

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