Blackmore. Remembrance 100. Twenty-one days. Twenty-one names. (9) Harry Riglin

Harry Riglin

War Memorial: Place and inscription Blackmore War Memorial: Pte. H. Riglin Suffolk; Church window: Harry Riglin War Memorial Tablet inside All Saints Church, Doddinghurst Ongar & District War Memorial Hospital Roll of Honour (Blackmore & Doddinghurst) [ERO A10815]

Rank: Private

Regiment: Suffolk Regiment. 7th Battalion. Service No: 44024 [CWGC] Service No. formerly 2430 [SDGW].

Service Details: Born Swallows Cross Resident Epping [SDGW] Enlisted: Epping [WFA] Medal card gives K1/103 B15 p. 2849, but no other detail. [Ancestry.com]

Personal and family information: Son of James and Eliza Riglin, of Chelmsford Rd., Blackmore Essex. [CWGC] Harry Riglin was baptised at Blackmore on 13th June 1886 (born 29/4/86).  His parents were James, a labourer, and Eliza, of Swallows Cross [ERO D/P 266/1/11]. 1891 age 4 b Blackmore son of James [ag lab] & Eliza Riglin.  1901 Census: Bakers Cottage, Doddinghurst. James Riglin.  Head. Married. [Age] 52.  Labourer on farm.  [Born] High Ongar. Eliza Riglin.  Wife.  Married.  [Age] 38.  [Born] Ingatestone. Harry Riglin  Son. [Age] 14.  Dairy Assistant. Ag Cattle. [Born] Blackmore. Sophia (?) Riglin.  Daughter.  [Age] 13.  [Born] Blackmore. Alice Riglin.  Daughter.  [Age] 10.  [Born] Blackmore. Grace Riglin.  Daughter.  [Age] 5.  [Born] Blackmore. 1911 Census: Swallows Cross, near Brentwood James Riglin.  Head. Married 28 years. [Age] 62.  Unable to work.  [Born] High Ongar. Eliza Riglin.  Wife.  Married.  [Age] 47.  [Born] Ingatestone. Harry Riglin  Son. Single.  [Age] 24.  Butcher. [Born] Blackmore. Grace Riglin.  Daughter.  [Age] 15.  Day girl Domestic.  [Born] Blackmore.

Date of Death: 28th April 1917

Age: 31

Where died: Killed in action [WFA] Believed to have been killed at Monchy, East of Arras. [CWGC]

Place of Burial or Commemoration: Arras Memorial.  Bay 3. [CWGC]

List of Sources: Ancestry.com, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Essex Record Office, Soldiers who Died in the Great War, Ron West: who has researched those commemorated on the Doddinghurst War Memorial, Western Front Association.