BORN FROME, SOMERSET 1881. SON OF FREDERICK AND JANE BIGGS, SOMERSET. HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH BIGGS (NEE HULL) & THREE CHILDREN, LIVED AT 6 POPLAR PARADE, WALLER STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, M. HARLAND, PRINTERS, MANOR STREET, HULL.
ENLISTED FROME. HE JOINED THE SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY, IN 1915. HE HAD SERVED IN FRANCE FOR TWO YEARS AND BEEN WOUNDED TWICE. HE HAD ONLY BEEN RETURNED TO THE TRENCHES FOR A MONTH WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/05/1918, AGED 37. BURIED IN FRANCE. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02/07/1918.
| Name | Harold Ernest Biggs |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Frome |
| Residence | Hull |
| Death Date | 17 May 1918 |
| Death Place | Le Vertannoy British cemetery, Hinges, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Frome |
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Regiment | Somerset Light Infantry |
| Battalion | 1st Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 19314 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
HAROLD ERNEST
Military Number:
19314
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
17/05/1918
Place died:
Le Vertannoy British cemetery, Hinges, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
37
6 POPLAR PARADE, WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
