In memory of

Private

William Liggins

who died on 2 May 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Infantry
  Rank Private
  Service number L65666
  Date of death 19420502
  Cause of death accidental death
Narrative history
  L65666 Private (Infantry) William (Billy) Liggins (b.1923) of Mazenod died 19420502 and is buried at Maple Leaf cemetery, Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario. Liggins and Pte OH Weeres of Assiniboia were on leave at London when they rented a canoe and took two young ladies for a paddle in the Thames River. They were rocking the canoe to make the girls scream when it tipped and they both drowned, although the young ladies were pulled to safety. He was the son of Thomas and Dora (Kennedy) Liggins who came from England in 1918. Billy considered himself a truck driver when he enlisted at Regina less than two months before his death, but he was working as a messman at the BCATP school at Mossbank at the time.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 103 - Sutton
  Cemetery or memorial location Morpeth cemetery, Kent Co., Ontario    

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  Honour roll location(s) RM Sutton-Lake Johnston
  Geo-memorial Liggins Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.4667°N / 106.9°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74B7
  Geo-memorial details Northwest of George Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19230511
  Place of birth Mazenod    
  Date of enlistment 19420309
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Mazenod    
  Occupation trucker
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