Basic Details
Surname
Bigley
Forenames
Stephen Alfred
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
203014
Notes
The Roll of Honour lists his address as 87 Palmerston Road. It lists his unit as '1/4th Suffolks', which differs from official records.

(CWGC records that Private Stephen Alfred Bigley, 203014, died aged 32 on 9/8/1917 serving in the 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, and is commemorated on Bay 4 of Arras Memorial in France; they record him as the husband of B E Bigley of 28 High Street, Winterton, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. When his death was announced on 1/9/1917 in the Peterborough Advertiser, Stephen was reported to have enlisted on 26/12/1916, and to have been serving in France for about three months before his death; his widow's address was given as Coronation House in Newark; he was said to have been a native of Woodston, and to have been a church warden and Sidesman at St Augustine's Church in Woodston. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Stephen initially served in the Suffolk Regiment under regimental number 6603, which later changed to 203014. The Probate Index records that Stephen's widow Beatrice Eva Bigley was his executrix. On the 1901 census he had been living with his parents, William and Mary Ann Bigley, at 87 Palmerston Road, Woodston).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Suffolks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1/4th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Monchy-le-preux
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
August
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Monchy-le-Preux
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
87 PALMERSTON ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial