Soldiers named Wiggs

Soldiers named WIGGS

who died in World Wars I and II

The following entries are the combined result of extracts from

WIGGS, Alfred Harold

Rank: Rifleman
Number: 650178
Unit: 21st Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
Date died: 31 March 1918
Born: Peckham
Enlisted: Camberwell
Residence: Peckham
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: E.E.F.
Cemetery: Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
Grave No: E. 8.

WIGGS, Amy

Rank: Civilian
Date died: 12 September 1940. Died at 29 Paragon Row
Age: 63
Residence: 36 Rodney Road
Spouse: A. Wiggs
Other: Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register

WIGGS, Arthur

Rank: Corporal
Number: 12444
Unit: "D" Company, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Date died: 27 April 1917
Age: 24
Parents: George & Eliza. Wiggs, 31 Lower Dagnall St, St. Albans
Born: St Albans
Enlisted: St Albans
Residence: St Albans
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Grave No: Bay 5

WIGGS, Arthur Leonard

Rank: Private
Number: S/6476131
Unit: Royal Army Service Corps
Date died: 26 October 1943
Age: 23
Parents: Ralph & Rebecca J. Wiggs, Chingford, Essex
Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
Grave No: 2. B. 1.

WIGGS, Edward Joseph

Rank: Rifleman
Number: S/14696
Unit: 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Date died: 11 November 1916
Age: 20
Parents: Henry March & Mary Harriet Wiggs, 6 Trafalgar Square, Peckham Park Rd, Peckham, London
Born: Peckham
Enlisted: Camberwell
Residence: Peckham
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Grave No: Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C

WIGGS, Elsie Margaret

Rank: Civilian
Date died: 20 March 1941. Died at Dulwich Hospital
Age: 2
Residence: 20 Hilton House, Brockley. Injured 19 March 1941 at 20 Hilton House.
Parents: Frederick John & E.H. Wiggs
Other: Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register

WIGGS, Francis March

Rank: Gunner
Number: 994533
Unit: 87 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
Date died: 8 July 1943
Age: 30
Spouse: L.S. Wiggs, Forest Hill, London
Cemetery: Mosul War Cemetery, Iraq
Grave No: 2. C.12.

WIGGS, Frank

Rank: Private
Number: 718365
Unit: 1st/23rd Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
Date died: 16 June 1918
Born: Bethnal Green
Enlisted: Borough
Residence: Bethnal Green
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Grave No: Panel 86 and 87
Other: formerly No. 570180 17th London Regiment;

WIGGS, Frederick John

Rank: Civilian, Fire Guard
Date died: 19 March 1941. Died at Hilton House
Age: 50
Residence: 20 Hilton House, Honor Oak Estate, Brockley
Other: Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register

WIGGS, George Frederic

Rank: Private
Number: 21979
Unit: No. 3 Company, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Date died: 22 August 1918
Age: 19
Parents: George & Ada Wiggs, 44 St. Mary's Rd, Watford
Born: Watford
Enlisted: Watford
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France
Grave No: V. A. 7

WIGGS, George William Thomas

Rank: Sergeant, Pilot
Number: 1376554
Unit: 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date died: 7 November 1941
Age: 28
Parents: William & Eliza Wiggs
Spouse: Primrose Elizabeth Maud Wiggs, Regent's Park, London
Cemetery: Beilen General Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave No: Plot A. Grave 6.

WIGGS, H.

Rank: Private
Number: 10203
Unit: Royal Berkshire Regiment, Labour Corps
Date died: 28 December 1920
Age: 40
Spouse: Blanche Wiggs, 30 Alma St, Weston-super-Mare
Cemetery: Bath (Locksbrook) Cemetery, Somerset, UK
Grave No: C.F. 168

WIGGS, James Henry

Rank: Private
Number: 6408530
Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Date died: 6 April 1943
Age: 21
Parents: James Henry & Daisy Ellen Wiggs, Paddington, London
Cemetery: Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia
Grave No: XIII. E. 14

WIGGS, John Henry

Rank: Lance Corporal
Number: 15909
Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Date died: 22 March 1917
Age: 19
Parents: J. Wiggs, 3 Itters Terrace, Calvert, Steeple Claydon, Bucks.
Born: Hitchin
Enlisted: Rugby
Residence: Calvert, Bucks.
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Grave No: I.J. 54

WIGGS, Joseph

Rank: Private
Number: 13870
Unit: 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
Date died: 21 September 1917
Born: Bow, Middlesex
Enlisted: Stratford, Essex
Residence: Bow
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Bleuet Farm Cemetery, Elverdinghe, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave No: I.F. 53

WIGGS, Robert John

Rank: Private
Number: 45513
Unit: 8th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Date died: 24 April 1918
Born: Camberwell
Enlisted: Camberwell
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France
Grave No: II. K. 15.
Other: formerly R24397 K.R.R.C.

WIGGS, William John

Rank: Private
Number: 265362
Unit: 1st/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment
Date died: 1 May 1917
Age: 19
Parents: William Henry & Lilian Wiggs, Watford, Herts.
Born: Watford
Enlisted: Watford
Residence: Watford
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave No: VI. H. 15