JOHN WIGGETT 

John's Story.

Birkenhead News December 1915

Another 4^th Cheshire Killed

Price Street Patriot Dies for His Country

Mr. Geo. C. Wiggett, 226 Price Street, has received the official War Office letter informing him that his eldest son, Pte. John Wiggett, of the 1^st-4^th Cheshires, was killed in action on the 26^th November. Pte. Wiggett joined the 4^th Cheshires soon after the outbreak of war, and was drafted to the front in August of this year. He was only 20 years of age, and before joining the Army was employed by Mr. Hodgson, plumber, of Borough Road. He was well-known in the North End, being an old boy of Cathcart Street School, where he was held in high esteem by his teachers.