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ARTHUR RIGALL
HULL HU3 2HB
BORN HEDON, HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM RIGGALL (1838-1900) AND MARGARET RIGALL(1849-1903), OF HEDON, HULL. (CWGC RECORDS). HE HAD ELDER BROTHERS, THOMAS ENOCH RIGGALL (1874-1895); & CHARLES (1878-1905) AND SISTER, ADA.
HE WAS A RAILWAY LABOURER, BOARDING AT 36, DERRINGHAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS ELDER SISTER, ADA ANN CHARLTON (1872-1953), LIVED NEARBY AT 6, PROVIDENCE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED AT PONTEFRACT. SERVED WITH THE 2ND KOYLI. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 11/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/10/1914, AGED 29. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS ELDER SISTER, ADA ANN CHARLTON (1872-1953), WHO HAD SEVEN CHILDREN.
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