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NAME: Biggs, William

RANK: Able Seaman

UNIT: Royal Navy

BATTALION ETC: HM Submarine G.7

REGIMENTAL NUMBER: 238350

HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Drowned 1st November 1918 in loss of submarine

WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK

OTHER INFORMATION: DSM. Age 29. Born 20th April 1890 at Northampton. Son of Richard and Martha Biggs, of Northampton. Husband of the late Dorothy Biggs (CWGC). Husband of Dorothy L Biggs of 35 Moore Street, Kingsley Park, Northampton (RN War Graves Roll). On pension cards address of wife as above then wife died, guardian of child is Mrs Susan Cripps of 54 Eastney Road, Portsmouth, later living at 39 Reginald Road, Portsmouth.