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Military service
Service number:
463168
Age:
44
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
1st Pioneer Bn.
Birth:
June 3, 1872
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 32
Additional information
Son of the late John and Ann Riggs of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Pte Riggs came from a family of nine.
Digital gallery of Private Walter Riggs
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Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of July 22, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y192uvic#mode/1up.
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Private Walter Riggs
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Riggs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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