Name
James Corrigan
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
06/06/1943
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
837457
Army Catering Corps
attd. Royal Artillery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY
I. D. 17.
Tunisia
Headstone Inscription
LOVING LORD JESUS, GIVE HIM ETERNAL REST
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, Hitchin Roll of Honour 1939 – 1945 (Book) St Mary’s Church, Hitchin
Biography
He was born in Sunderland and at the time he enlisted was resident in County Durham. Before joining up he was employed by Smith's the Greengrocers of Letchworth. With two other brothers he had a dance band "well-known in Catholic circles in Letchworth”.
He had served in the army for three years before 1939 and was called up as a reservist at the outbreak of war. He served initially in the Royal Artillery and his Service Number was 837457. He was reported as killed in action in North Africa whilst attached to the Royal Artillery. This is curious as fighting had ceased in North Africa on the I 6th May 1943.
He is buried in Plot 1, Row D, Grave 17, in Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia.
He was the eldest son of James and Helen Corrigan of 8, Wilton Rd, Hitchin and his wife of eighteen months had been Miss Mary Tracy of Willian Rd, Walsworth. His two brothers were Patrick, a Gunner in the Royal Artillery and William, who was an Armourer in the R.A.F.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, Paul Johnson - local historian, ‘The North African Campaign’ by W.G.F. Jackson, ‘The Second Great War’ by J. Hammerton, Herts Pictorial dated 15th June 1943
