Name
Charles Rigby
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/11/1918
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Royal Air Force
62nd Squadron and Royal Fusiliers
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
France
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 22 Jan 1898 in Wigan, Lancashire son of John and Emma Jane Rigby later of 113 Beaconsfield Street, Deane Road, Bolton. Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1908-14 and became an insurance clerk in Manchester.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Aug 1916 Private, Manchester Regiment and was made Corporal in Feb 1917. In Jul 1917 he was recommended for a commission and was sent to Cadet School. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 31 Oct 1917, Royal Fusiliers, 6th Bn. he was initially stationed in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. In Jan 1918 he was sent to Italy and then to France to counter the German Spring Offensive. In Jul 1918 he transferred to the Royal Air Force and trained as an observer. He returned to France but was shot down and reported missing.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
