BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ALFRED WIGGLESWORTH (1859-1913) AND FLORENCE MASON (1866-1935), OF 18 RUSTENBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL. HE MARRIED FRANCES HELENA COATES, IN HULL IN 1909. THEY LIVED AT 43 DURHAM STREET (1915) AND 310 , HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE HULL WHOLESALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. DESCRIBED AS 6 FOOT, TALL, 36.5 INCH CHEST. HE WAS A BANDSMAN WITH THE SALVATION ARMY, FRANKLIN STREET, HEADQUARTERS, HULL. HIS FAMILY WERE ARDENT SALVATIONISTS. HIS DECEASED FATHER BEING A SALVATION ARMY TREASURER, AT FRANKLIN STREET, FOR 34 YEARS.
HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 15/03/1915, SERVED IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 2ND NORTHUMBRIAN DIVISION. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 04/07/1916. BADLY GASSED IN FRANCE, ON 23/05/1917. HE REMAINED IN HOSPITAL AND WAS DISCHARGED IN FEBRUARY 1919. HE NEVER REALLY RECOVERED. DIED ON 09/12/1919, OF TUBERCULOSIS, AGED 31. LEFT WIDOW & TWO CHILDREN, AGED 8 AND 9 YEARS OLD, AT 310 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE WAS GIVEN A MILITARY FUNERAL DESCRIBED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/12/1919. *
HIS SISTER HILDA WIGGLESWORTH, LIVED AT 3 CORONATION AVENUE, RUSTENBURG STREET, AND LOST HER HUSBAND IN THE WAR.
HIS BROTHER IN LAW, SAPPER, WALTER BINGE, 1ST EAST RIDING FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/05/1916, AGED 22.
