Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Jonathan Wiggins
In memory of:
Bombardier Jonathan Wiggins
February 10, 1916
Military Service
301736
25
Army
Canadian Artillery
38th Bty.
Additional Information
Son of David Wiggins, of 32 High St., Penarth, Wales, and the late Jessie Wiggins.
Commemorated on Page 182 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada
Mil. 20.
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Circumstances of Death Registers – Bombardier Jonathan Wiggins - Canadian Artillery 38th Bty. Son of David Wiggins, of 32 High St., Penarth, Wales, and the late Jessie Wiggins. Wiggins died in Military District 10 at St Bon. Hospital of pneumonia. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2936&sqn=901&tt=1368&PHPSESSID=guceodli2sa6gkf086n85nh8v6
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