RIGBY Edward Thomas

  • First Name(s):
    Edward 
    Thomas 
  • Surname:
    RIGBY
  • Service Number:
    238611
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    108th Brigade
  • Unit:
    C Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    9th June 1918
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France, Grave VII. C. 23.
  • Place of Birth:
    Worcester in 1895, enlisted and resident Coventry
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Brother of Mrs. L. Hughes, 15 St. Michael’s Rd., Stoke, Coventry

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

RIGBY Edward Thomas Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Clements School
Worcester St Paul’s Church

Further Information About RIGBY Edward Thomas

Worcester Daily Times Tuesday July 2nd 1918:
Mr & Mrs Rigby of 29 St Paul Street, have received the sad news of the death in action of their only son, Gunner E. Rigby, 238611, R.F.A.  He was 23 years old and was educated at St Clements School.  Prior to joining the army he worked at Coventry.

A photograph of Gunner E. Rigby of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 6th July 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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