Name
William John Bignell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
William John Bignell was born in the spring of 1888 at Abbots Langley. In the 1901 Census the Bignell family lived at Troley Bottom. By the time of the 1911 Census William was still living at Troley Bottom, with his parents Joseph and Elizabeth, his brother and two sisters. No occupation is given for his father.
William attended a Medical Examination on 16th February 1918, and was classified Medical Grade 3 Category B2. When he enlisted he gave his occupation as an Attendant at the Asylum. The Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour recorded that in March 1918 he was serving with a Training Battalion.
From 16th July 1918 William served with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) at Blackpool, and didn’t make it to France before the Armistice was signed in November 1918. His Service Record indicated that he remained at Home from 16th February 1918 through to 20th February 1920, and the Absent Voter Records of Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919 confirmed that he served as a Private with the RAMC.
Another Abbots Langley man, William Henry Bignell was employed at as an Attendant at the Asylum and also served. No family relationship has been found with William John Bignell.
William John Bigness survived the War.
Additional Information
Rank unknown
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
