Wiggham J Private 4442749
Personnel Entry
Name Wiggham Joseph William
Army number 4442749
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. Attested 6/4/1923 as a Regular (for 7 years with the Colours and five on the Reserve) aged 18 at Durham. Discharged at the termination of his engagement on 5/4/1939. Re-enlisted 18/4/1939. Probably posted to the 6th Battalion. Posted to the 10th Battalion on its embodiment on 1/9/1939. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - in Normandy.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Born Lanchester, father Joseph Wiggham. Lived at 14, Lambton Street, Langley Park.
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