Soldiers named Wigg

Soldiers named WIGG

who died in World Wars I and II

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WIGG, Arthur Alfred N.

Rank: Boy Servant
Number: L/9986
Unit: H.M.S. "Victory", Royal Navy
Date died: 15 March 1917
Age: 17
Parents: Mrs R. Wigg, 77 Leesland Rd, Gosport, Hants
Cemetery: Gosport (Ann's Hill) Cemetery, Hampshire, UK
Grave No: 49.23239

WIGG, Arthur Catchpole

Rank: Shipwright
Unit: H.M.S. "Laurentic", Mercantile Marine Reserve
Date died: 25 January 1917
Cemetery: Plymouth Memorial, Devon, UK
Grave No: 25

WIGG, Arthur Harry

Rank: Private
Number: 2685
Unit: 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company
Date died: 16 Jun 1915
Age: 24
Parents: Mrs H.O. Wigg & the late Mr. Wigg.
Enlisted: Armoury House
Residence: Ealing
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Cement House Cemetery, Langemarck, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V., Belgium
Grave No: XVI. B. 11.
Other: An old Etonian

WIGG, Arthur William

Rank: Private
Number: G/51893
Unit: 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London)
Date died: 1 May 1917
Age: 32
Parents: A. & L. Wigg, Keepers House, Covehithe, Wrentham
Spouse: A.E. Scrivens (formerly Wigg), Golden Square, South Cove, Wrentham, Lowestoft
Born: Wrentham
Enlisted: Lowestoft
Residence: Wrentham
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Grave No: Bay 3
Other: formerly 3365 Royal Fusiliers

WIGG, Charles Ernest

Rank: Private
Number: 2420
Unit: 38th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Date died: 4 Oct 1917
Parents: Arthur John & Letitia Susan Wigg
Born: Bright, Victoria
Enlisted on: 2 October 1916
Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave No: Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31

WIGG, Cyril John

Rank: Gunner
Number: 1110088
Unit: 68 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
Date died: 14 November 1942
Age: 31
Parents: Edward & Alice Wigg
Spouse: M.E. Wigg, Sidcup, Kent
Cemetery: Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Grave No: Column 38

WIGG, Doreen

Rank: Civilian
Date died: 3 January 1941. Died at Y.W.C.A. Hostel, Berkeley Square
Age: 38
Residence: 42 Marston Road, New Milton, Hampshire.
Other: County Borough of Bristol, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register

WIGG, Edgar Artemas

Rank: Rifleman
Number: 72961
Unit: 1st Battalian 3rd, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Date died: 11 October 1918
Age: 41
Parents: William Christopher & Emma Wigg, London, England
Cemetery: Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, Pas de Calais, France
Grave No: I. B. II.

WIGG, Edward Charles

Rank: Able Seaman
Number: 208328
Unit: (RFR/CH/B/1497) R.N. H.M.S. "Aboukir", Royal Navy
Date died: 22 September 1914
Age: 32
Spouse: Louisa Wigg, 20 Rampart St, Shoeburyness, Essex.
Cemetery: Chatham Memorial, Kent, UK
Grave No: 3
Other: Served in the South African War

WIGG, F. J.

Rank: Rifleman
Number: 6855530
Unit: 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Date died: 9 December 1941
Cemetery: Alamein Memorial, Eygpt
Grave No: Column 68

WIGG, Frederick

Rank: Private
Number: 22296
Unit: 23rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Date died: 16 April 1916
Age: 23
Parents: John & Mary Wigg, 30 George St, Moston, Manchester
Born: Oldham, Lancs
Enlisted: Manchester
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France
Grave No: I. C. 46

WIGG, Frederick

Rank: Private
Number: 14420106
Unit: 7th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Date died: 15 July 1944
Age: 19
Parents: Frederick & Dorothy Wigg, Intake, Yorkshire
Cemetery: Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France
Grave No: I.A. 6

WIGG, Freeman

Rank: Private
Number: 16618
Unit: 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
Date died: 13 October 1915
Born: Toft Monks
Enlisted: Norwich
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Grave No: Panel 30 and 31

WIGG, George Albert

Rank: Private
Number: G/2900
Unit: "D" Company, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Date died: 24 October1915
Age: 22
Parents: The late William & Mary Jane Wigg, Frostenden, Wangford, Suffolk
Born: Wrentham
Enlisted: Lowestoft
Residence: Frostenden, Wangford, Suffolk
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France
Grave No: I.C. 5.

WIGG, Herbert James

Rank: Private
Number: 517
Unit: 5th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Date died: 27 April 1915
Enlisted on: 17 August 1914
Cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey
Grave No: 25

WIGG, Hilda Ivy

Rank: Civilian
Date died: 15 September 1940. Died at 192 Stewart's Road
Age: 27
Residence: 192 Stewart's Road
Spouse: B.Q.M.S. Louis Cecil Wigg, R.A.
Other: Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register

WIGG, Hildred Carter

Rank: Private
Number: 350310
Unit: 15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Highland) (Territorial)
Date died: 3 April 1918
Age: 24
Parents: Willis & Jessie Emma Wigg, Leicester
Born: Leicester
Enlisted: Leicester
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1, Somme, France
Grave No: VI. E. 37.

WIGG, Louis

Rank: Private
Number: 54909
Unit: 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Date died: 6 February 1920
Age: 25
Parents: Stanley & Elizabeth Wigg, Clapham
Spouse: Emily G.A. Comley (formerly Wigg), 42 Sterndale Rd, Stewart'd Rd, Battersea
Cemetery: Sidmouth Cemetery, Devon UK
Grave No: V. 123.

WIGG, Maurice Edward

Rank: Sergeant
Number: 8707
Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Date died: 16 May 1915
Age: 24
Parents: Herbert E. Wigg, 1823 27th Avenue, South West, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Born: Rawsdell, Southampton
Enlisted: Southampton
Residence: Basingstoke
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Grave No: Panel 16 and 17

WIGG, Patricia Ann

Rank: Civilian
Date died: 15 September 1940. Died at 192 Stewart's Road.
Age: 18 months
Residence: 192 Stewart's Road
Parents: B.Q.M.S. Louis Cecil Wigg, R.A. & Hilda Ivy Wigg, 192 Stewart's Road
Other: Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register

WIGG, Peter Michael

Rank: Civilian
Date died: 15 September 1940. Died at 192 Stewart's Road.
Age: 3
Residence: 192 Stewart's Road
Parents: B.Q.M.S. Louis Cecil Wigg, R.A. & Hilda Ivy Wigg, 192 Stewart's Road
Other: Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register

WIGG, Philip Mervyn

Rank: Squadron Leader - Pilot
Number: 33203
Unit: 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Date died: 21 April 1944
Age: 27
Parents: Frederick & Ellen Wigg
Spouse: Pamela Alice Learoyd Wigg, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Cemetery: Clichy Northern Cemetery, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Grave No: Plot 16. Row 8. Coll. grave 13

WIGG, Richard Edward

Rank: Corporal
Number: 1560
Unit: 1st/9th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Date died: 1 July 1916
Born: Lewisham
Enlisted: London
Residence: Battersea
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Grave No: Pier and Face 9 C

WIGG, Robert

Rank: Private
Number: 17370
Unit: 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
Date died: 4 August 1917
Parents: Mrs E. Wigg, 48 Anchor St, Norwich
Born: St James, Norwich
Enlisted: Norwich
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France
Grave No: VI. B. 6.

WIGG, Robert Henry

Rank: Seaman
Number: LT/JX 209221
Unit: H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 72, Royal Naval Patrol Service
Date died: 11 November 1943
Age: 29
Parents: Henry Gerald & Eleanor Wigg, Folkestone
Cemetery: Lowestoft Naval Memorial, Suffolk, UK
Grave No: Panel 12, Column 1

WIGG, Ronald Lorraine

Rank: Lance Corporal
Number: 6026157
Unit: 9th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
Date died: 24 March 1945
Age: 30
Parents: James William & Annie Wigg
Spouse: Margery Edith Wigg, Grays, Essex
Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Grave No: 41. A. 8.

WIGG, Sydney Charles

Rank: Rifleman
Number: S/17209
Unit: "C" Company, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Date died: 19 March 1917
Age: 28
Parents: William & Kate Wigg, 25 Albert Rd, Ilford
Spouse: Edith Wigg, High St, Petworth, Sussex.
Born: Horsham
Enlisted: Piccadilly
Residence: Petworth, Sussex
Cause of Death: Died
Theatre of War: Home
Cemetery: Ilford Cemetery, Essex, UK
Grave No: 2951
Other: Military Medal.

WIGG, Sydney Harold

Rank: Captain
Unit: "C" Battery, 255th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Date died: 13 October 1918
Age: 29
Parents: Mr A.S. Wigg, Fairfield House, Newmarket, Suffolk
Cemetery: Ramillies British Cemetery, Nord, France
Grave No: D. 10.

WIGG, Thomas

Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Number: K/35893
Unit: H.M.S. "Kale", Royal Navy
Date died: 27 March 1918
Age: 30
Parents: William & Hannah Wigg, Seed Farm, Doddington, Kent
Spouse: Harriett Jane Wigg, "The Laurels", Teynham, Kent
Cemetery: Chatham Memorial, Kent, UK
Grave No: 29

WIGG, Vernon Sydney Howard

Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Number: 572417
Unit: Royal Air Force
Date died: 5 July 1941
Cemetery: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK
Grave No: Panel 58

WIGG, Walter

Rank: Private
Number: 14557
Unit: 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), Royal Army Medical Corps
Date died: 22 August 1918
Born: Leiston
Enlisted: Lowestoft
Residence: Lowestoft
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Grave No: II. B. 3.

WIGG, Walter Clarence

Rank: Lance Sergeant
Number: 2914
Unit: 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Date died: 9 August 1918
Age: 25
Parents: Stevenson Walter & Elizabeth Ann Wigg, 78 Point Nepean Rd, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia
Enlisted on: 1 July 1915
Cemetery: Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Somme, France
Grave No: VII. I. 19.

WIGG, William James

Rank: Engineman
Number: 531ES
Unit: H.M. Drifter "Ocean Plough", Royal Naval Reserve
Date died: 27 August 1916
Cemetery: Chatham Memorial, Kent, UK
Grave No: 19

WIGG, William James

Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Number: SS/5492
Unit: H.M.S. "Hampshire", Royal Navy
Date died: 5 June 1916
Cemetery: Chatham Memorial, Kent, UK
Grave No: 16