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Corporal JOHN RIGG

Service Number: 25273
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CINQ RUES BRITISH CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK

C. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Rigg, of Bowness-on-Windermere; husband of Mrs. M. E. Rigg, of Crookdene, Limethwaite Road, Fleathwaite, Windermere.
  • Personal Inscription WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY IN JESU'S KEEPING WE ARE SAFE AND THEY
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Buried or commemorated at

CINQ RUES BRITISH CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK
Nord France
Number of casualties: 227
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