Memorial Plaque
R. G. VIGARS
25TH KGS LIVPL RT
8 OCT. 1918
Connection with Effingham
He was born at Effingham Junction. Neither of his parents was Surrey-born. His father was a railway signalman at Effingham Junction station for several decades.
Genealogy
His father Alfred was born on Christmas Day, 1859 at Lamerton, Devon [GRO Ref: Tavistock 5b 364, 1860 (Q1)] and was baptised there on January 15th 1860 [Lamerton Parish Register].
His mother Eliza (née) Wiltshire was born on March 21st 1859 at Eastcott in Urchfont Parish, Wiltshire [GRO Ref: Devizes 5a 98, 1859 (Q1)] and was baptised there on June 5th 1859 [IGI: Batch C150712].
By 1881 Alfred had moved to Andover, Hampshire and was working as a railway porter: