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Military service
Service number:
F/55276
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 26, 1920
North Sydney, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
June 12, 1940
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Death:
June 7, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 5.
Additional information
Son of William Riggs and Bridget (nee Thornhill) Riggs of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Brother Caroline, Elizabeth, Alma, James, Mary, Garfield, Marie, Joseph, John and Corporal Thomas Murdoch Riggs, North Nova Scotia Highlanders, killed in action on 7 June 1944.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Grave Marker
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Press Clipping
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Press Clipping
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commemorative album cover
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commemorative poem
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Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Cecil Riggs
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Riggs
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Riggs
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Riggs
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Riggs
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Riggs
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Riggs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 428 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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