Iden Ernest Norman Rigden
Rank: Private
Service No: 32962
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 23/07/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: King’ Own Scottish Borderers (7/8th Bn.)
Cemetery: Soissons Memorial
Additional information: Son of Rosa Buchanan Smith Rigden, ‘Viewfield’, Braeside Avenue, Rutherglen and the late Iden Ernest Rigden.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr and Mrs Rigden, 11 Braeside Avenue, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father Iden Rigden.
1901 census information:
Address: 69 Prince Edward Street, Glasgow.
Father: Iden Ernest (30) assistant HM Customs, born about 1871 in England.
Mother: Rose B (30) music teacher and organist at St Andrews Episcopal Church, born about 1871 in Lanark.
Self: Iden Ernest Norman (1) born about 1900 in Glasgow.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Govanhill. The family comprises Iden E 40, Rose B 40, Iden E 11, Everden J 7 and Constance M 3.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. Iden Ernest Norman Rigden (19), K.O.S.B. (killed), elder son of Mr and Mrs J. E. Rigden, Viewfield, Braeside Avenue, Rutherglen.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw High School, Rutherglen and the 113th Burnside Scout Hall, Rutherglen.