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Private JOSEPH JAMES RIGBY

Service Number: 2827042
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SFAX WAR CEMETERY

III. E. 17.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph James Rigby and Ellen Rigby, of Manchester; husband of Elizabeth Alice Rigby, of Beswick, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AT HIS POST LIKE A SOLDIER BRAVE, HE HAS ANSWERED HIS CAPTAIN'S CALL
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Buried or commemorated at

SFAX WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1255
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