Private 59078 William DIGGINES
1st/5th Battalion, Welsh Regiment
Killed in Action, Friday 4th May 1917, at sea off Italy, Age 36
Home address:
139 Manchester Road, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1881, Denton, Lancashire
Parents:
Esther Diggines and Samuel Diggines
60 Ashton Road, Denton, Lancashire
Marital Status:
Married to Alice Maud Diggines (née Armitage)
139 Manchester Road, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Finished Felt Hatter
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Savona Memorial, Savona, Liguria, Italy, panel 4.
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
Died at sea off the Italian Coast, when Cunard Liner SS Transylvania was sunk. 412 lives were lost when the liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat while carrying troops from Marseille to Alexandria.