Name
Percy Cyril Wiggins
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/12/1917
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
60152
Royal Fusiliers *1
26th (County of London)(Service) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE
Plot 1. Row A. Grave 3.
Italy
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town War Memorial
Pre War
Youngest son of Henry Wiggins of Royston, Hertfordshire, he was married with four children.
Wartime Service
He initially enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment with the Regimental Number 29767. Percy was wounded in the chest in September 1916. He was later transferred to the 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and was posted to Italy. Percy died in Italy on the 12th December 1917.
Additional Information
*1 Believed more correctly, (County of London) Bn. London Regiment (Bankers).
Percy is also commemorated on the family headstone in Rickmansworth (Chorley Road) Cemetery. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO OF PERCY C. WIGGINS OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS WHO FELL IN ACTION AT THE
ITALIAN FRONT DEC 12TH 1917 AGED 33 YEARS.
ITALIAN FRONT DEC 12TH 1917 AGED 33 YEARS.
"FOR EVER WITH THE LORD."
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
