The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H T Riggulsford

Private Harold Thomas RIGGULSFORD, L/10023, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 20th September 1914, age 24.

Born Hastings, Sussex, son of Robert Thomas & **Elizabeth Ann Riggulsford.

** 1920 March, Hastings Registration District, died age 58.

1911 Census - St Benedicts Manor, Ore, Hastings, Sussex - Lucy Pincott, changed from servant to head, age 25, single, cook domestic, born Fulham London; Violet Marchant, changed from servant to boarder, age 20, single, housemaid domestic, born Brighton, Sussex; Harold Riggulsford, boarder, age 18, single, groom domestic, born Hastings, Sussex.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 19 years & 6 months, height 5ft 3½inches, weight 110lbs, fresh complexion. Resided Hastings, Sussex. Formerly groom.

Home, 3rd December 1912 to 14th August 1914; BEF, 15th August 1914 to 20th September 1914.

3rd December 1912, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1912, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th April 1913, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd August 1913, Dublin, using obscene language in the barrack room; 18th May 1914, Dublin, using improper language in the barrack room, 7 days confined to barracks; 15th August 1914, posted BEF.

Next of Kin (sister) - Mrs May Bertha Browne, 49 Dawlish Road, Brownbrook, Birmingham.

26th July 1920, Statement of Relatives, completed by Next of Kin (sister) - Mrs May Brown(e) - Widow, not any; Father, dead; Brothers - George Riggulsford, age 23, 49 Dawlish Road, Brownbrook, Birmingham; Sisters - Mrs Chesson, age 41, 101 Victoria Street, Gillingham, Kent; Mrs Munn, age 33, 102 St Georges Road, Hastings, Sussex; Mrs Sellens, age 29, 16 ????? Lake, Battle, Sussex.

Commemorated at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.

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