Name: William Henry Bignell
Residence: Horsham, Sussex
Death Date: 19 Jul 1916
Enlistment Location: Bolton, Lancs
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Battalion: 2/6th Battalion.
Number: 6054
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Comments: Formerly 3059, R. Sussex Regt.

There is no additional CWGC information. The closest I have come to resolving this one is a birth record of a William John Bignell b. 1892 Sussex.


Thanks

Mel

Mel

I think he Enlisted at Horsham, Sussex and was a Resident of Bolton (Ancestry Mix the two up)

So wondered if this may be him born Dec Qtr 1893 Bolton RD

Son of Francis William Bignell and Elizabeth Bignell (nee Thomas). Francis was the Govenor of Edens Orphanage in Bolton.

Regards

Pam

Seems to be the only BIGNELL family in Bolton!

1901
Eden's Orphanage, Sharples, Bolton, Lancs
BIGNELL Francis William, Head, 44, Governor of Orphanage, b Lambeth, Surrey
BIGNELL Elizabeth, Wife, 39, Matron of Orphanage, b Chester, Cheshire
BIGNELL Dorothy Elizabeth, Dau, 10 (b Q2 1890, m Robert D MACKAY in Bolton Q2 1924)
BIGNELL Francis Felix, Son, 9 (b Q4 1891, m Evelyn May ARMSTRONG)
BIGNELL William Henry, Son, 7 (b Q4 1893)
BIGNELL Helen May, Dau, 4 (b Q2 1896, m James E HILL in Bolton Q4 1923)
all children born Bolton

1911
INSTITUTION BIGNELL FRANCIS WILLIAM M 1857 54 Bolton Lancashire
INSTITUTION BIGNELL ELIZABETH F 1862 49 Bolton Lancashire
INSTITUTION BIGNELL FRANCIS FELIX M 1892 19 Bolton Lancashire
INSTITUTION BIGNELL WILLIAM HENRY M 1894 17 Bolton Lancashire
INSTITUTION BIGNELL HELEN MAY F 1897 14 Bolton Lancashire

Francis Felix was 3122 L/Cpl & SQMS in Duke of Lancs Own Yeomanry, 12/5/17 commissioned 2/Lt in RFA. His MIC gives an address in 1922 at 379 Church Rd, Smethills, Bolton.
This family is in the "Ridgway/Armstrong Family Tree" of Ancestry member barbaraedavies, but no mention of William Henry!

Adrian

Pam & Adrian

Many thanks again. If you keep this up, we may achiev a 100% succes rate.

Mel

Hi Adrian,

Bless my soul, I should have checked here before splurging a quid on the 1911 census transcript but Mel hadn't updated the tree

Can you pm the deatils of any daughters Helen May Hill may have had as these could be candidates for m DNA testing.

Best,

Howard

Hi

Helen May Hill (my grandmother) had two daughters - still living

Helen Patricia - Born 21 07 27
Hazel Margaret - Born 14 03 42

Paul