Service Details
Name:
 BIGGS
Given Name:
 GEORGE SYDNEY
Initials:
 G S
Service No:
 6043
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-08-01
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Cause of Death:
 Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Husband of Edith Biggs and father of three children, of Durban Welfare House, Farewell Street, Durban. Was by profession an Engineer and attested in Cornwall at the age of 34. He previously served with the Royal Engineers in the Anglo-Boer War. He was one of those many South African casualties who "disappeared" during the Battle of Delville Wood.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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