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Private J H Wrigley

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Private James Henry WRIGLEY, G/22136, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  (formerly 81983, Royal Fusiliers), died of "Cerebre" spinal meningitis,  37 Casualty Clearing Station, Cologne, Germany, 18th June 1919, age 20.

20th May 1899, born Low Moor, Clitheroe, Lancashire, son of Richard and Ann Ellen Wrigley, 8, Nelson Street, Low Moor, Clitheroe, Lancashire.

1911 Census - 8, Nelson Street, Low Moor, Clitheroe, Lancashire - Richard Wrigley, head, age 36, head, married, cotton weaver, Cotton Manufacturer, worker, born Low Moor, Clitheroe, Lancashire; Ann Ellen Wrigley, wife, age 37, married 15 years, 3 children, all still alive, cotton weaver, Cotton Manufacturer, worker, born Blackburn, Lancashire; Lily Wrigley, daughter, age 13, cotton weaver, Cotton Manufacturer, worker, born Low Moor, Clitheroe, Lancashire; James Henry Wrigley, son, age 11, school, born Low Moor, Clitheroe, Lancashire; Walter Wrigley, son, age 10, school, born Low Moor, Clitheroe, Lancashire.

Formerly served in Royal Garrison Artillery.

Enlisted Preston, Lancashire, age 18 years & 32 days, height 5ft 11½ inches, weight 124lbs.  Resided 8, Nelson Street, Low Moor, Clitheroe, Lancashire. Formerly bobbin turner.

Home, 22nd June 1917 to 1st April 1918; BEF, 2nd April 1918 to 18th June 1919.

22nd June 1917, Called up for Service;  22nd June 1917, posted to 107th Territorial Reserve Battalion, Service No.TR/LON/74679; 15th September 1917, transferred to 265th Infantry Battalion; 1st November 1917, transferred to 52nd Grad Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 1st April 1918, BEF France; 14th June 1918, wounded in action; 17th June 1918, 1 Canadian Clearing Station, gun shot wound right eye & left arm; 20th June 1918, Boulogne, 83 General Hospital; 30th June 1918, Boulogne, 1 Con Depot; 20th August 1918, Etaples left Depot to join 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 11th March 1919, transferred to 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, allocated No.22136; 11th June 1919, 102 Field Ambulance, transferred to 44 Casualty Clearing Station;  18th June 1919, 37 Casualty Clearing Station, Cologne, Germany.

13th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Richard Wrigley, 8, Nelson Street, Low Moor; Mother, Ann Ellen Wrigley, 8, Nelson Street, Low Moor; Brothers, Walter Wrigley, age 18 years 11 months, 8, Nelson Street, Low Moor; Sisters - Lily Wrigley, age 22, 8, Nelson Street, Low Moor.

24th December 1919 date when Separation Allowance of 10/7 a week payable to mother, will cease.

Buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery, I. A. 4., Koln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany. Commemorated Low Moor War Memorial.