Private 10263 Sylvester Wiggins
Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps - 10th Field Amb.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 05/01/1915
Previous Reg/Num: Secondary Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment attd. 1st Bn.
Age at death: 20
Date of death: 16th of November 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery - IX. B. 26.
Family details:
Son of Letitia J. and the late Silvester Wiggins, of St. Helens, Lancs. At the outbreak of war he was a Cpl. in the 3rd (West Lancs) Field Amb. He transferred to the Regular Army, Oct., 1914.
Census details:
1901 - 3 years old Sylvester is living at 132 Birchley Street, St Helens with parents Sylvester (50), Letitia Jane (42) and four siblings: Ellen (14), Letitia Jane (11), Frederick (7), Mary Alice (5). 1911 - Sees 13 years old schoolboy Sylvester still living at 132 Birchley Street, St Helens with parents Sylvester (60), Letitia Jane (51) and three siblings: Lititia Jane (21), Fredrick (17), Mary Alice (15).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url]
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[pic]imgs/WW2_headstones/Wiggins_2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private Sylvester Wiggins at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Silvester_Wiggins_RAMC_zps078e5701.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Sylvester Wiggins at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
