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Private J WIGGINS

Service Number: 17828
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 November 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

B. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Margaret Wiggins, of 1, South Stirling St., South Side, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR SON IN YOUR GRAVE UNKNOWN YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR COUNTRY YOU NOBLY GAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 115
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