Aloysius entered the war in France on 9th September 1914. He was on board the Hired Transport "Transylvania", when it was proceeding to Egypt with reinforcements, and was sunk by a torpedo by the German U-boat U-63 off Cape Vado, a few kilometres south of Savona. He was the son of Peter and Ann Rigby of 19 Borough Road, St. Helens, Lancs.