Name
Richard Clive Rigby
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/04/1915
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Bombay Volunteers
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath, Church of St Mary and St John Church Roll of Honour, Hertingfordbury, Birch Green School Memorial
Pre War
Born on 22 Oct 1986 in Altringham, Cheshire son of John and Margaret Simmons (Hardy) Rigby, later of the Moat House, Hertingfordbury.
Wartime Service
Died at the Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta, India from an accident.
Additional Information
Richard and his brother Charles are also commemorated on the family headstone in Hertingfordbury (St. Mary) Churchyard. Richard’s part of the inscription reads:
ALSO OF THEIR BELOVED SON RICHARD CLIVE LIEUT. BOMBAY VOL. ARTILLERY BRIGADE WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL IN CALCUTTA ON EASTER DAY 1916 AGED 27
Not listed by CWGC.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
