Joseph's Story.
Birkenhead News 16 November 1918
MILITARY HONOURS FOR THE LATE CORPORAL LIGGETT.
With full military honours the interment took place on Saturday last of Corporal Joseph Liggett. The deceased, who joined the Liverpool King's Rifles in 1915, was wounded in France, afterwards serving at the Record Office, Shrewsbury, where he contracted pneumonia and passed away on Nov. 5 in his 24th year. A contingent of the Border Regiment and firing party assembled at deceased brother-in-law's residence, "The Rocklands," Upton Road, Bidston, and accompanied the body to Flaybrick Hill, where the Rev. J. W. Guy officiated. After the firing of three volleys the "Last Post" was sounded by the military. The chief mourners were: Messrs. Joseph, William, Harold, and Ernest Liggett (brothers), Robert M. Adam (brother-in-law), Alex. Reid (nephew), Joseph Jones, Frank Liggett (cousins), Herbert Liggett, Mr. Broomby and Mr. Griffiths (representing Messrs. G. J. Williams and Co.). His three brothers are serving in the Army.
Mr. Charles Stephens, 44, Conway-street, Birkenhead, had charge of the funeral arrangements.
Joseph Liggett's photograph and newspaper article by Chris Booth