Name
Christopher Duggan
7 November 1891
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/11/1917
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
8790
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
2/4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY
I.H.13
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Codicote Village Memorial, Peace Memorial Hall, Codicote
Pre War
Christopher Duggan was born on 7 November 1891 at the Barracks in Ayr, Scotland, the son to Christopher and Ellen (Helen/Nellie) Duggan (nee Warboys). His father was a Sergeant in the Royal Scottish Fusiliers.
On the 1901 Census, aged 9, he was boarding at the Royal Hibernian Military School at Phoenix Park in Dublin. His father had died and his brother Martin was living with his widowed mother at the George and Dragon Public House in Codicote where his uncle was the publican.
His mother later lived at 21 Howard Street, Loughborough.
Wartime Service
Christopher enlisted in Dublin and served in France with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry as Lance Corporal.
He was killed in action on 20 November 1917 and is buried at Hermies Hill British Cemetery, France.
Additional Information
His mother Ellen received a war gratuity of £19 and pay owing of £19 18s 7d. Pension records exist but give no indication of the amount of pension received. There is an N Duggan on the Codicote Memorial, which it is believed is Christopher's brother Martin Duggan (M Duggan).
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Brenda Palmer, June Colegrove, Roll-of-Honour.com
