Name
Charles Newton Beaumont Rigby
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/04/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Royal Marine Artillery
H.M.S. “Barham”
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches three times
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HERTINGFORDBURY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertingfordbury Village Memorial, Church of St Mary and St John Church Roll of Honour, Hertingfordbury, Birch Green Village Memorial, Birch Green School Memorial
Pre War
Born at Hale, Cheshire. Son of John and Margaret Simmons Rigby, of Moat House, Hertingfordbury, Herts.
Wartime Service
Entered the Navy List on 20 Sep 1914 as 2nd Lieutenant. Member of Royal Marine Siege Battalion in 1915. Lieutenant on H.M.S. Barham from 8 Feb 1917. Served in France and at Gallipoli.
Additional Information
Charles and his brother Richard are also commemorated on the family headstone in Hertingfordbury (St. Mary) Churchyard. Charles part of the inscription reads:
IN MEMORY OF CHARLES NEWTON BEAUMONT LIEUT. R.M.
BELOVED SON OF JOHN & MARGARET RIGBY THE MOAT HOUSE HERTINGFORTBURY WHO FELL IN CHARGE OF THE GUNS IN THE FORETOP OF THE VINDICTIVE AND ZEEBRUGGE ON SAINT GEORGES DAY 1918 AGED 23
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
