Private G/25213 Sigvert Fiskaaen
Regiment/Unit: The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) -
Theatre of War: Home (Rainhill Asylum)
Age at death: 36
Date of death: 20th of April 1921
Born: Norway
Burial / Memorial: St Helens Cemetery - Sec 40 / Grave 575 CE
BMD details:
Death registered Jun 1921 at Prescot Lancashire - aged 36. Vol 8b - Page 756.
Family details:
Next-of-kin from service papers: Loren Fiskaaen (father), Allsand, Norway.
Notes:
Discharged to Rainhill Asylum 08/10/1919 with 'Delusional Insanity' Age taken from service records. [color=#353c41]His occupation is listed as Fisherman.[/color] [color=#353c41]ICRC record confirms that he was a POW and [/color][color=#353c41]that he was taken 'unwounded' on 21.3.1918, but his service file indicates that when he arrived in Switzerland on 31.8.1918 he had a broken shin bone.[/color]
Discharged to Rainhill Asylum 08/10/1919 with 'Delusional Insanity' Age taken from service records. [color=#353c41]His occupation is listed as Fisherman.[/color] [color=#353c41]ICRC record confirms that he was a POW and [/color][color=#353c41]that he was taken 'unwounded' on 21.3.1918, but his service file indicates that when he arrived in Switzerland on 31.8.1918 he had a broken shin bone.[/color]
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[caption]The headstone of Private Sigvert Fiskaaen at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
