Gunner 173176 Robert Rigby
Regiment/Unit: Royal Garrison Artillery - 74th Coy.
Theatre of War: Home
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 18/07/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 12409, R.F.A.
Age at death: 39
Date of death: 28th of December 1920
Born: Cronton, Lancs
Resided: Haydock, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: St Helens Cemetery - Sec 07 / Grave 745 CE
BMD details:
Marriage from service records: 31/03/1902 Robert Rigby to Martha Fitton at Wigan Parish Church. Vol 8c - Page 114. The couple had six children: Sarah Henrietta b 30/07/1902, William ???kinson b 10/02/1905, Ellen b 06/01/1907, Martha b 11/02/1911, Robert b 12/01/1914 and Doris Eileen b 22/08/1916.
Family details:
Husband of Martha Rigby, of 31, Juddfield St., Haydock, St. Helens.
Census details:
Not positively identified.
Notes:
[b]Note:[/b] Service records give Roberts birthplace as Wigan.
[b]Note:[/b] Service records give Roberts birthplace as Wigan.
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[caption]Gunner Robert Rigby's headstone at St Helens Cemetery.
{Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
