BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ORSON WIGGINTON (1841-1908) & SARAH ANN MULVANEY OF 1, BARKERS BUILDING, OSBORNE STREET, HULL AND 12, ALLINSON TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD AN ELDER BROTHER HENRY (1875-1913).
HE MARRIED, ELSIE MARY TAYLOR, IN 1911 AND THEY LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER, AT 12, ALLINSON TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A LABOURER.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/03/1917, AGED 30. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS MOTHER, SARAH.
First name:
ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
33041
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/03/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
30
