Birth in the first quarter of 1899, registered in Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England.[1]
Census 1901 Living at Pury End New Row, Paulerspury, Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England[2][3]
John Bignell, Head, Married, age 32 (1869 Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England, Telegraph Wireman Labourer
Emma Bignell, Wife, age 29 (1872), born in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England
Gerald J Bignell, Son, age 10 (1891), born in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England, Scholar
Walter C Bignell, Son, age 4 (1897), born in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England, Scholar
Victor Bignell, Son, age 2 (1899), born in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England -
Census 1911 Living at Paulerspury Towcester, Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England[4][5]
John Bignell, Head, Married, age 42 (1869), born in Northamptonshire Paulerspury, Telegraph Wireman
Emma Bignell, Wife, age 39 (1872), born in Northamptonshire Paulerspury
Gerald Bignell, Son, Single, age 20 (1891), born in Northamptonshire Paulerspury, Garden Labourer
Walter Bignell, Son, age 14 (1897), born in Northamptonshire Paulerspury, Garden Labourer
Victor Bignell, Son, age 12 (1899), born in Northamptonshire Paulerspury, School
Vivian Bignell Son, age 5 (1906), born in Northamptonshire Paulerspury, School
Military Enlistment, 10 Nov 1916 Victor Bignell, aged 17 years 11 months, a wood turner by trade, of 34 Southampton Rd, Far Cotton Northampton[6][7]
Death Died of wounds on 25 May 1918 in the Great War 1914-18 in France & Flanders, serving as a Private with the 8th Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment[8]
Memorial Stone obelisk war memorial situated outside the Church of St Mary, Northampton reads "In memory of the men of this parish who died serving their country in the Great War. They gave all." ... Names listed include V Bignell[9]
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