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1867

sibling Helena Laura Died Twentyfirst October Wigley Source:7623832 24th August 1867

1869

sibling Jessie Laura Wigley Source:7623832 19th May 1869

1871

sibling Winifred Rose Died First September. Wigley Source:7623832 20th April 1871

1874

sibling Nellie Beatrice Wigley Source:7623832 12th April 1874

1880

birth WINSLOW, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE United Kingdom Source:6173385 18th March 1880

1881

location Cowleys Walk Winslow Buckinghamshire United Kingdom parents address Source:7623832 1881

1892

education Full Education as a Boarder Leys Public School - West House Cambridge United Kingdom Source:7623832 1892 - 1897

1898

employment Fellow of the Auctioneers & Surveyors Institute George Wigley and Sons Market Square Winslow WINSLOW Buckinghamshire United Kingdom Source:7623832 1898 - 1915

1911

location The Walk Winslow United Kingdom parents address Source:7623832 1911

1915

enlistment Winslow United Kingdom Source:7623832 1915

1915

theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:6173385 1915 - 1917

1915

commission Regular Source:6173385 20th April 1915

1915

service British Army Second Lieutenant Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 10th Battalion Source:6173385 20th April 1915

1916

hospitalisation Wounded on the Somme in the advance of July 1919 Hospital/Institution Source:6173385 1916

1917

service British Army Lieutenant Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 7th Battalion Source:6173385 4th May 1917

1917

dates Age 36 Source:6171047 31st July 1917

1917

dates Age 37 Source:6171047 31st July 1917

1917

service British Army LIEUTENANT Kings' Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 7th Battalion Source:7623824 31st July 1917

1917

location Winslow, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom parents address Source:6171047 31st July 1917

employment Auctioneer Source:6173385

events Transcription Medal Index Card Archive Reference WO/372/21 uri=D5866160 Source:4740720

service British Army Private 1100 Middlesex Regiment Source:4740720

service British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment Source:4740720

service British Army Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment 7th Battalion Source:6171047

service British Army Source:7623824

1917

death Killed in Action CWGC Burial return identification later by "pips & buttons" Originally "Unknown British Soldier" but later new headstone of Jan 1999 " Believed to be HHW" Body found Ref. Map 28 / O 16 d 8.4 Oosttaverne Belgium Source:6171047 Source:6173385 31st July 1917

burial Voormezeele Enclosure No.3 CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Ieper, West-Vlaanderen Concentration of Graves (Exhumation and Burials) Burial Return dated 21-10-1919 Map Reference where body found. Map 28 28/O 16 d 8.4 CWGC file document. Belgium Plot 16 Row H Grave No.6 Source:7623824

sibling Sidney Prudden Wigley Source:6171047

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Herbert Henry
Initials	HH
Last Name	Wigley
Source	4740720

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date
Cowleys Walk Winslow Buckinghamshire	United Kingdom	parents address	known 1881
The Walk Winslow	United Kingdom	parents address	known 1911
Winslow, Buckinghamshire	United Kingdom	parents address	known 31st July 1917

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	1100	Middlesex Regiment		Private
British Army		Royal Lancaster Regiment		Temporary Lieutenant
British Army		Royal Lancaster Regiment	7th Battalion	Lieutenant
British Army		Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment	10th Battalion	Second Lieutenant
British Army		Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment	7th Battalion	Lieutenant
British Army
British Army		Kings' Own Royal Lancaster Regiment	7th Battalion	LIEUTENANT

Awards

Award	Type	Source
Silver War Badge	Honourable Discharge
Unknown	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Laura Wigley nee Prudden	mother
George Davys Edward WIGLEY died before son HHW	father

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates
Sidney Prudden Wigley	brother
Jessie Laura WIGLEY	sister	19th May 1869
Nellie Beatrice WIGLEY	sister	12th April 1874
Winifred Rose Died First September. WIGLEY	sister	20th April 1871
Helena Laura Died Twentyfirst October WIGLEY	sister	24th August 1867

Physical

Complexion	Eyes	Hair	Source

Date	Height	Source
1915	6'6"

Religion

Date	Religion	Source
	Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

Media

The new headstone for Herbert Henry WIGLEY

This headstone was replaced in January 1999 to "Believed to be" Voormezeele Enclosure 3 Plot 16 Row H Grave 6

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The headstone of HHW with his great great nephew

The grave was remembered by his great great nephew Alistair James Wigley a Sergeant in the Irish Guards - Sandhurst, on his way to Germany.

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Herbert Henry's name on the Menin Gate Panel 12 T

HHW's name appeared on the Menin Gate as he was missing in action and his grave stone was originally " Unknown British Lieutenant KORL"

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The new gravestone of Herbert Henry WIGLEY

The final resting home.

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The grave of HHW with his great great nephew.

The new gravestone and pictured behind is Sgt. Alistair James WIGLEY of the Irish Guards, based at Sandhurst Academy. In transit to Germany.

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2nd. Lieutenant Herbert Henry Wigley

Taken in his uniform on being made Second Lieutenant on 20th.May 1915 As reported in the London Gazette of 21st. May 1915.

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London gazette 21st MAY 1915

The undermentioned to be temporary Second Lieutenants. Dated 20th May 1915

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Herbert Henry Wigley

Profile Picture War Illustrated Vol X

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Official Records

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription	Andrew48104
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Andrew48104
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Andrew48104
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Andrew48104

External Evidence

Reference	Connected by	More information
Commonwealth War Graves Commission	Graham25842
Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919	Graham25842
Family tree	Andrew48104
Bucks Herald 22nd November 1913	Andrew48104
War Diary of the 7th. Battalion, Vol. 1 7th July 1915 - 31 May 1917 KORLR	Andrew48104
KITCHENER'S MEN by JOHN HUTTON	Andrew48104
Centenary of Herbert Henry Wigley 31st July 2017	Andrew48104
Details of his brother Sidney Prudden Wigley	Andrew48104

Multimedia

Title	Connected by	More information
The new headstone for Herbert Henry WIGLEY	Andrew48104
The headstone of HHW with his great great nephew	Andrew48104
Herbert Henry's name on the Menin Gate Panel 12 T	Andrew48104
The new gravestone of Herbert Henry WIGLEY	Andrew48104
The grave of HHW with his great great nephew.	Andrew48104
2nd. Lieutenant Herbert Henry Wigley	Andrew48104
London gazette 21st MAY 1915	Andrew48104
Herbert Henry Wigley	Stephen27718

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