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Second Lieutenant JOHN STEPHENSON RIGGS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

239th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX

II. B. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Isabella Mary Patton (formerly Riggs), of "Sunnymead," Armagh, and the late James Leslie Riggs.
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Buried or commemorated at

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2036
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