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VC719   Robert Quigg

BORN   12 March 1885

DIED   14 May 1955   AGE   70

VC Won   1 July 1916   AGE   31

Place VC Won   North-west of Hamel, Somme, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1916

Name   Robert Quigg   No.   12/18645   

VC Issue No.   719   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Royal Irish Rifles, 12th Battalion

Later   

Now   Royal Irish Regiment

Rank VC Won   Rifleman

Rank End Of Career   Sergeant

Place Of Birth   Cornkirk, Ardihennon, Giant's Causeway, near Bushmills, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

Place Of Death   Dalriada Hospital, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

Buried/Location Ashes   Billy Parish Protestant Cemetery (Church of Ireland), near Bushmills, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   9 September 1916

VC Presented   8 January 1917 by King George V at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Billy Parish Protestant Cemetery (Church of Ireland), near Bushmills, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

Memorial Plaque, Billy Church, Dervock, Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland

P  Named On Memorial Stone, The Ulster Tower, Thiepval, Somme, France

P  Named On Memorial Bench, The Ulster Tower, Thiepval, Somme, France

Named On Regimental Memorial, St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Named On Bushmills War Memorial, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

By The Way…

Robert Quiggs Father was a tour guide at the Giants Causeway, Robert attended the Giants Causeway School, Co Antrim

VC Held By

Royal Ulster Rifles Regimental Museum, RHQ, The Royal Irish Rifles, 5 Waring Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Thank you to Robert Holloway for photos of Robert Quiggs Grave