Rifleman 25/1827 Horace Sidney TWIGGER

Rifleman 25/1827 Horace Sidney Twigger{gallery}Rfn H S Twigger{/gallery}3rd Battalion, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, Friday 29th September 1916, aged 16

• Buried: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave VIII.H.12. Originally buried at McCormick’s Post Cemetery
  
• Awarded: Not yet established
  
• Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Ellen Twigger
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys’ School

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Twigger
• Caterpillar Valley Cemetery
• New Zealand Rifle Brigade
• New Zealand Army Service Records | NZ WWI Nominal Roll

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1900 at Attleborough
• Attended Chilvers Coton Boys’ School
  
• Emigrated to New Zealand in 1907. Arrived at Wellington aboard the ship Teneriffe on 11 Oct 1907 [Record]
  
• Lived at Millerton, New Zealand [1911]
• Lived at Pukemiro, Huntly, New Zealand [1914]
• Lived at 6 Chaucer Road, Napier, NZ [1916]
  
• Employed as a clerk by R Thompson [1916]
• Enlisted 22 Dec 1915 at New Zealand. Arrived in France 2 Apr 1916.
• Horace gave his date of birth at enlistment as Jan 26th 1895 but birth records show he was born 1900