BORN HULL 1895. SON OF CHARLES LYON BIGGINS (1860-1906) & ELLEN NESBITT BIGGINS, OF HULL. HE RESIDED WITH HIS BROTHER IN LAW, WILLIAM DAWSON, AT THIS BRADFORD ADDRESS. WORKED AS A PAWN BROKER’S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN BRADFORD. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 18/71, 18TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1916, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT BROTHERS, CHARLES AND ALEXANDER, AND SISTERS, FLORA AND HELEN.
HE IS BURIED AT BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, ON THE SOMME. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “LOVED HONOURED AND REMEMBERED”
First name:
LAURENCE LYONS
Military Number:
18/71
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
27/05/1916
Place died:
Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
19
30 ROTHESAY TERRACE, BRADFORD, , WEST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
