Ernest Clark Biggs
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Stoker 1st Class K/17231
Parents: Richard Clark Biggs and Clara Edith Alberta Biggs
Home address: 28 London Street, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Sailor
Date of birth: 02/10/1894
Place of birth: St. George, Bristol
Date of death: 25/10/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt and commemorated on Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial and Kingswood High Street Boys School Memorial
Age: 21
Further information:
Ernest was born in St George in Bristol, the son of a bootmaker and the eldest child of six with two brothers and three sisters. On leaving Kingswood Boys School he worked as a bootmaker himself before enlisting in the Navy in January 1913 for a period of 12 years. On enlistment he was described as 5' 71/2" tall with brown hair, grey eyes and a sallow complexion.
Ernest's first ship was the Vivid II and his last ship, HMS Exmouth which he joined in July 1914. His records show that after that he was taken aboard RN Hospital Ship Assaye on 8th September 1915 and six weeks later he had died from an unspecified disease in the 21st General Hospital in Alexandria Egypt.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/