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Record #13301

Name :: : Walter George RIGGS (1895 - 1917)
aka : Corporal Riggs
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 11 Jul 1895
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 24 Feb 1917 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Solihull

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Vimy

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 May 1908
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Carthaginian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Middlemore Homes
Agency: : Middlemore

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Corporal Walter George Riggs. The children of Alice Sophie Brooks and Andrew Tom Riggs were Walter George, William Henry and Alice Elizabeth, all were British Home Children through Middlemore Homes. Alice had two more children although their father's identity is unconfirmed, Robert Richardson Riggs and Nancy Lillian Riggs. Alice then remarried Edward Richards and the couple had Edward Richards, Dorothy Richards and Thomas Richards.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Walter George Riggs
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1895
Registration District: Solihull
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 582

In the 1901 English Census, Alice Riggs, 25, 'Dressmaker' and children Walter G (5, born in Solihull, Warwickshire, England), William (3, born in Shirley, Warwickshire, England), Alice E (6, born in Olton, Warwickshire, England) in Solihull, Warwickshire, England.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: RIGGS
Given Name: Walter G
Age: 11
Sex: M
Ship: Carthaginian
Year of Arrival: 1908
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1908-05-16
Arrival Port: Halifax
Arrival Date: 1908-05-28
Party: Middlemore Homes
Destination: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1b
Microfilm: T-503
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Attestation papers were signed 20 Nov 1914 in St. John, New Brunswick. Walter George Riggs was born 11 Jul 1895 in Renwick, Cumberland, England. His Next of Kin was given as his mother, Mrs. Abe Richard of Elmdon Heath, Solihull, Birmingham, England. He noted that he was a labourer by occupation. He had previous Military experience with the 67th Sussex New Brunswick. 5'9" in height with blue eyes and light hair. His religion was listed as Church of England.

On Feb 24 1917, Acting Corporal Walter George Riggs whilst on duty in the trenches in Vimy Ridge. As per Circumstances of Casualty 'he had his foot blown off by the explosion of an enemy fishtail bomb. Comrades rendered first aid and he was taken to a dressing station and evacuated to No 42 Casualty Clearing Station where he died.'
Commonwealth War Graves Registers states his Next of Kin as Mrs. Alice Richard of Elmond Heath, Solihull, Birmingham, England. He was buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Aubigny-en-Artois, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Plot: I. G. 29.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56154600

ContributorsCreated : 2011-01-10 10:47:38 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-13 09:54:34 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3042	ABBOTT, John	1881	SCT,	Sep 1886 : Carthaginian	CAN	Emma Stirling
3140	ACKROYD, Frances May	1899	M__,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3143	ACKROYD, Mabel Emma	1904	IRL,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3144	ACKROYD, William Henry	1906	IND, , Quetta	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
9641	AGAR, John	1905	ENG,	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
13349	ALGIE, James	1871	SCT,	Apr 1888 : Carthaginian	CAN	Quarriers
4645	ALLDRIDGE, Arthur	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4644	ALLDRIDGE, Harry	1892	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4643	ALLDRIDGE, Violet	1893	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
9650	ALLEN, Dorothy	1903	ENG,	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4703	ALLEN, Thomas Henry	1899	ENG, WOR, Kings Norton	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
12871	ALLEN, Walter Harry	1883	ENG, WOR, Kidderminster	Jun 1895 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
17071	ANDREWS, William	1898	ENG,	May 1908 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
5753	ARUNDEL, Alfred	1900	ENG, , Kings Norton	May 1914 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
5754	ASHBURNE, Alfred	1892	ENG, YKS, Dewsbury	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
24069	ASHBY, James	1904	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
23681	ASHFIELD, George	1900	ENG,	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
23682	ASHLEY, Frank	1895	ENG,	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
23683	ASHTON, Abraham	1896	ENG,	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4015	ATTWOOD, Beatrice May	1897	ENG, WOR, Worcester	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4016	ATTWOOD, Louisa	1899	ENG, WOR, Worcester	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3620	AVERILL, Ernest John	1894	ENG, BRK, Reading	Jun 1909 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
8592	BAILEY, Ernest	1902	ENG,	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3423	BALL, Albert Victor	1902	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3422	BALL, Amelia	1900	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
24070	BALL, Daisy	1909	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4038	BALL, Edward	1901	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
24071	BALL, George	1907	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
9157	BARLEY, Edward	1894	ENG, STS, Wolverhampton	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
7199	BARLEY, Frederick	1897	ENG, STS, Wolverhampton	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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