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Flight Sergeant WILLIAM CHARLES RIGGS

Service Number: 1194930
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MELBURY ABBAS (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

Central part.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Elsie C. M. Riggs, of Shaftesbury.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS WHISPERED "COME"
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Buried or commemorated at

MELBURY ABBAS (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Dorset United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2
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