
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: 39 Capstone Road (since demolished). Home of Frederick Charles Riggs VC MM Sergeant 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment born Sittingbourne 1888, enlisted 1914, killed in action near Epinoy 1918, posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery and resisting with his men to the last. Recorded plaque organisation: Borough of Bournemouth.
Frederick Charles Riggs VC MM was a Sergeant in the York and Lancaster Regiment who distinguished himself through acts of extreme bravery during World War I; he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his valiant efforts near Epinoy in 1918.
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