BORN HULL 1879. SON OF ALBERT RIGNALL (1859-1943) & MARY ELIZABETH SNELL (1862-1933), OF HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, CHARLES RIGNALL.
HE MARRIED MARY ELLEN DONOVAN (1881-1956), AT HULL, OCTOBER 1898, AGED 19. THEY LIVED AT 2, COTTINGHAM PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR DAUGHTERS, NORAH, LILIAN MAY, ANNE JOSEPHINE AND ELLA. HE WORKED AS A FURNITURE REMOVER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE LABOUR CORPS. DIED ON, 07/12/1918, AGED 39, AT THE 28TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, SALONIKA, GREECE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY ELLEN.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ONTHE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST CHARLES’ BORROMEO CHURCH, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
HE IS BURIED AT MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, GREECE.
