WW1 100 years on - Walter William Riggs

Name	Walter William Riggs
Address	Toller Porcorum
Date of Birth Place	1888 Templecombe
Date of Death Place	21 August 1915 Turkey (Gallipoli)
Family Info	Son of Henry and Annie Maria Riggs nee Knight, of Holworth, Broadmayne Dorchester. Their second son. Siblings: John b.1886, William James b. 1891, George Thomas b. 1893 Frederick James b. 1895, Hilda Blanche b.1898, Arthur Robert b. 1900 Bessie b.1902, Albert Edward b.1905 Walter William was the husband of Mary Elizabeth nee Greening. Following his death she remarried and became Elizabeth Williams living at "Glentana," Wroxham Rd., Branksome, Bournemouth. She died in 1963. He enlisted in December 1914 where it stated he was a carter on a farm and married with two children.  They married on 2 May 1909. His two eldest daughters were Roseline (b. 1911 d.1930) and Hilda (b. 1913 d.1987). His third daughter Lily was born in 1915 three months after he died. She died in 1992. The family were living in Corton near Upwey in 1914.
Military Information: Killed August 1915 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment Lance Corporal Walter William Riggs Service Number 12609 Aged 28. At 3pm on 21 August 1915 the Dorsetshire regiment were involved in an advance on Turkish troops whereby they captured enemy trenches. As the first line of assault, the Dorset’s were under fire from machine guns and shrapnel.
Further Information:  His brother William James was also killed in 1918. He is remembered at Helles Monument in Turkey on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula.