Lance Corporal 13579 James Rigby
Regiment/Unit: Manchester Regiment - 22nd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 4th of October 1917
Born: Billinge, Lancs
Resided: Westhoughton, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial - Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A.
Family details:
Son of Thomas Rigby, of 484, Leigh Rd., Daisy Hill, Westhoughton, Bolton, and the late Margaret Rigby.
Census details:
1901 - Not found. 1911 - Sees 16 years old 'Cotton Piecer' James living at 484 Leigh Road, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton with parents Thomas (52), Margaret (44) and seven siblings: Ann Jane (23), Mary (20), Thomas (19), Margaret (14), Sarah (11), Elizabeth Ellen (9), Joseph (7).
[pic]imgs/TyneCotPhotos/RigbyJ_Mancs.JPG[/pic][caption]The inscription for Lance Corporal James Rigby on the Tyne Cot Memorial
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
