BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF JAMES WIGGLESWORTH (1875-1938) & EDITH HELENA RICKABY (1873-1949), OF 89, MERSEY STREET, HULL, 86, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 235, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BUTCHER. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A BUTCHER’S ASSISTANT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. WAS KILLED IN PALESTINE, ON 13/11/1917, AGED 21. SHOT FROM HIS HORSE WHILE CHARGING A TURKISH REDOUBT.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO BOTH PARENTS. HE IS BURIED AT RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, ISRAEL.
First name:
REGINALD NORMAN
Regiment:
Military Number:
50911
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1917
Place died:
Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel
Age:
21
