BORN COUNTY CORK, IRELAND, 15/11/1890, SON OF JOHN & MARY ANNE BIGLEY, AT 41 , LONSDALE STREET, HULL (CWGC HULL ADDRESS).
HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA, WHERE HE WORKED AS A CLERK. LIVED AT THE WESTERN HOTEL, 2ND AVENUE, SASKATOON, CANADA. ENLISTED AT SASKATOON, ON 10/10/1916, AGED 25 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 10.5 INCHES TALL, 42 INCH CHEST, 168 LBS, BLUE EYES, AND BROWN HAIR. SERVED WITH THE 234TH RESERVE BATTALION, AND THEN THE LOCAL 1ST CANADIAN MOUNTED RIFLES. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 03/03/1918. KILLED DURING THE ATTACK ON ST OLLE, ON 29/09/1918, AGED 27.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY ANNE BIGLEY, OF 41 LONSDALE STREET, HULL.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST MATTHEWS CHURCH MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL.
