BIGWOOD Percy Partridge

  • First Name(s):
    Percy 
    Partridge 
  • Surname:
    BIGWOOD
  • Service Number:
    1230
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Regiment:
    Auckland Regiment
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd April 1915
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece, Grave I. F. 110.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Mrs C. Bigwood, 189 Macquire St., Sydney, New South Wales

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BIGWOOD Percy Partridge Is Named On These Memorials

Blackwell St Catherine’s Church
Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial
Bromsgrove St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial with the information: Private
Blackwell St Catherin’s Church with the additional information: L/C 3rd Auck. N.Z.

Further Information About BIGWOOD Percy Partridge

Percy Bigwood was born in 1881 and he attended Bromsgrove School from 1892-1897.  He served in the Gallipoli Campaign and died of pneumonia on 22nd April 1915.

Source: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen.

The birth of Percy Partridge Bigwood is registered in the December Quarter 1881 under the Bromsgrove Registration District.

The following information has been researched and transcribed by Jeff Taylor:
Percy Bigwood was the son of Alderman E.J. Bigwood, of “The Berrow”, Barnt Green, Worcestershire.  He was educated at Bromsgrove School (1892-1897).  He died of disease at Lemnos, Greece on 22nd April 1915.

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