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Private FRANCIS EDWARD GIGG

Service Number: 25403
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

1st Bn

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

III. E. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Martha Gigg, of Baydon, Wilts; husband of Florence M. Gigg, of Pundle View, Bartley, nr. Southampton.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE MORNING BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY FAREWELL HIS WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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