In Memory Of

BIGGS, GEORGE SYDNEY

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 6043
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 3rd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-08-01
Cause of Death:
 Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
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.