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Private JOHN WILLIAM WIGGINS

Service Number: 23542
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

Depot

Date of Death

Died 03 February 1917

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY

CC. 172.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Wiggins, of 58, Rowan St., Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 275
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