Private John Redfearn Fligg

Army Number : 48772

Battalion : 20th (Labour) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Dewsbury, Yorkshire and lived at 74 Reform Street, Dewsbury. Son of Oliver and Annie Fligg, of 35, Horsforth Avenue, Bridlington, Yorkshire. He was a Butchers Assistant prior to enlisting at York. He died of wounds 6th August 1916, aged 27.

Buried: Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot 1. Row M. Grave 31.

Private John Redfearn Fligg is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Bridlington Priory War Memorial, Bridlington, Yorkshire.
Dewsbury War Memorial, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.