BORN THORNE 1884. SON OF WILLIAM DIGLIN (1853-1912) & ELIZABETH ANN DIGLIN (1851-1933), OF 13, HIGH STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS), 4, CROFTON AVENUE, EGTON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS), AND 7, NORTHFIELD VILLAS, ROSMEAD STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BARGE LIGHTERMAN. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED IN SENERS AND HARRISON’S WAREHOUSE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, OCTOBER 1916. ARRIVED FRANCE IN JANUARY 1917. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION 25/4/1917, AGED 33. BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER.
HE WAS ONE OF THREE BROTHERS WHO DIED IN THE WAR. THE BROTHERS PHOTOGRAPHS APPEAR IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 15/8/1917. *
The three Diglin brothers who died were George, 13/505, 13th East Yorkshire Regiment, killed, 13/11/1916, Walter Diglin, 203195, York and Lancaster Regiment Service, killed on, 24/07/1917 and William Diglin, 3/33418, 7th East Yorkshire Regiment, killed on 25/04/1917. George and Walter’s service records still exist and can be viewed on Ancestry or Find My Past. There was also a fourth brother who served – Ernest Diglin, Y624, 6th Kings Royal Rifle Corps, discharged from the service because of wounds he received in action. He was discharged 23/10/1916 and awarded the Silver War Badge. His service record still exists.
