RIGBY Claude Vernon Capt

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Surname: RIGBY;

Forename(s): Claude Vernon;

Initials: CV;

Rank: Capt;

Resided in: Skelmanthorpe;

Previous Battalion: 1/7 of;

Previous Regiment: W Riding Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 9 Bn;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 9 Bn;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 46 Bn;

Date abroad: 15-Apr-1915;

Theatre of War: 1;

Awarded: MC;

Gallantry Notes: MC: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of a company. His guns were mosdt ably handled throughout the opertions and heavy casualties inflicted on the enemy. His coolness and grasp of the situation were a fine example to his officers and men and at the end of five days' continuous fighting, he was able to bring out of action thirteen of his sixteen guns.;

Other Data: OC of 26 Coy Oct 1917
report of award of MC 26/4/1918 - 9 Bn War Diary
arrives in 46 Bn 13/6/1918
medals claimed 14/10/1930
The Elms, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield
Charterhouse School;

Other Notes: MC: LG 26/7/1918;

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