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Surname: WIGGAN
Forename(s): Harry
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 28743
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1917-04-12
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 4.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harry Wiggan was the son of James Henry and Isabella Wiggan, née Stephenson. Both parents were born at Skipton, Yorkshire. Harry was related to Private John Wiggan (1263) (q.v.) and Private Willie Wiggan (41660) (q.v.).
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 20, Union Terrace - Harry Wiggan, aged 7 years, born Skipton, son of James H. and Isabella Wiggan.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 16, Brougham Street - Harry Wiggan, aged 16 years, born Skipton, son of James Henry and Isabella Wiggan.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harry Wiggan, 28743, W. York. R. K. in A. 12.4.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Harry Wiggan, 28743, 10th W. York. R. Killed in Action 12.4.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Harry Wiggan, 28743, 10th Bn W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 12.4.17. In Action. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised:
Mother and sole legatee - Isabella. £5 9s. 8d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Harry. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Isabella Wiggan. Relationship to soldier: Mother. Deceased. Dependant: James Henry Wiggan. Relationship to soldier: Father. Address: 16, Brougham Street, Swadford Street, Skipton, Yorks.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WIGGAN, Harry, aged 23, West Riding Regiment, 16, Brougham Street, [Skipton], killed in action April 11, 1917.
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Private Harry WIGGAN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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04 May 1917
WIGGAN – Killed in action in France, April 12th 1917, Pte. Harry Wiggan, West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wiggan, 16, Brougham Street, Skipton, aged 23 years.
04 May 1917
CRAVEN AND THE WAR – PRIVATE HARRY WIGGAN
It is also our sad duty to record the death in action on Apri1 12th of Private Harry Wiggan, West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wiggan, 16, Brougham Street, Skipton. Official news of the sad event was received from the Territorial Records Office, York, on Wednesday morning, but beyond this no particulars have been received. Private Wiggan was 23 years of age, and like Private Rodwell, was an old employee of the Skipton Co-operative Society, being one of the society’s butchers. He enlisted in June 1916, and had been in France about eight months. He was a member of the Trinity Wesleyan Sunday School and of the Chapel choir, and was also a member of the Skipton Liberal Club.
06 December 1918
WIGGAN – At 166 Oswald Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Albert, the beloved husband of Gladys Wiggan, and second son of James Henry and Isabella Wiggan, died December 1st, 1918, manager and buyer of the coloured goods department of J.F. and H. Roberts, Manchester.
“Loved by all who knew him.”
His end was peace
And his trust was in God.
16 Brougham Street, Skipton.
[The above obituary refers to the brother of Private Harry Wiggan, who was killed in action, 12 April 1917.]
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04 May 1917
WIGGAN – Killed in France on April 11th, Pte. Harry Wiggan, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. And Mrs. J.H. Wiggan, of 16, Brougham Street, Skipton, aged 23.
04 May 1917
SKIPTON SOLDIERS KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Wiggan, of 16, Brougham Street, Skipton, received official information from the Record Office, York, on Wednesday morning last, that their son, Pte. Harry Wigan, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, had been killed in action in France on April 11th. Pte. Wiggan, who was 25 years of age, enlisted about ten months ago, and had been in France seven months. He was formerly employed as a butcher by the Skipton Co-operative Society. He was a member of the Trinity Wesleyan Sunday School, a member of the choir, and also a member of the Skipton Liberal Club.
12 April 1918
Sacred to the memory of Pte. Harry Wiggan, killed in action in France April 12th, 1917, third and loved son of James Henry and Isabel Wiggan.
“Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
– From Father, Mother, Brothers, Sisters-in-law, and Nellie.
“Deeply mourned.”
16, Brougham Street.
In loving remembrance of Pte. H. Wiggan, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action April 12th, 1917.
– From Nellie
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