The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F B Wiggins

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Private Frank Branson WIGGINS, 206358, 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 76, Royal Sussex Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 30th November 1917, age 21.

17th May 1896, born Deptford, London, son of William and Lucy Jane Wiggins.

1911 Census - 105 Broadway, Bexley Heath - William Wiggins, head, age 67, married, bootmaker (dealer), own account, at home, born Norton,  Daventry, Northamptonshire; Lucy Janes Wiggins, wife, age 54, married 32 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Hanslope, Buckinghamshire; Elizabeth Wiggins, daughter, age 30, single, assisting in the business, worker, born Deptford, London; Kate Mary Wiggins, daughter, age 22, single, assisting in house work, born Deptford, London; Frank Branson Wiggins, son, age 14, school, born Deptford, London.

Enlisted Brighton, Sussex, age 19 years, 5 months, height 5ft 7 inches.  Resided Roseleigh, Pelham Road, Bexley Heath, Kent.

27th October 1915, enlisted & posted Royal Sussex Regiment, Service No.76; 1st November 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th October 1917, embarked; 19th October 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 23rd October 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th November 1917, posted missing.

27th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, not married; Children, none; Father, deceased, died at 105 Broadway, Bexley Heath; Mother, died at Roseleigh, Pelham Road, Bexley Heath; Brothers - none; Sisters - Elizabeth Wiggins, age 29, Roseleigh, Pelham Road, Bexley Heath; Nellie Wiggins, age 33, Roseleigh, Pelham Road, Bexley Heath; Kate Mary Wiggins, age 31, Roseleigh, Pelham Road, Bexley Heath.

Commemorated  Cambrai Memorial, Panel 8, Louverval, Nord, France.