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Private JOSHUA GEORGE RIGSBY

Service Number: 53422
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY

III. E. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joshua and Hester Rigsby, of 9, Wernddu Cottages, Caerphilly, Cardiff.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DIE IN THE LORD FOR THEY SHALL LIVE WITH HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 571
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