Major PERCY GEORGE RIGBY
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Canadian Infantry
7th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 10 March 1915
Age 43 years old
- Country of Service Canadian
- Additional Info Twice Mentioned in Despatches (1900 and 1902). Son of Maj. Gen. Christopher Palmer Rigby and Matilda Rigby, of 14, Portland Place, London, England. Previously served in 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (45th Regt. 1890-1911). Brevet Maj. 1900. Commanded 4th King's African Rifles (1905-7). Also served in Royal Niger Coy's. Expedition (1896), West African Campaign (1896.7), The South African Campaign (1899-1902), and East African Expedition (1906).
- Personal Inscription 1ST BATTN. THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS 1890-1911
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