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Able Sea. Daniel Bigley
Royal Navy HMS. Natal
from:Jarrow
(d.30th Dec 1915)
Daniel Bigley Able Seaman served on HMS Natal with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was aged 23 when he died on 30th December 1915.
Born in Jarrow in 1892 he was the son of Maria Bigley (nee Ray) of 81 Buddle Street Jarrow and the late John Henry Bigley. Daniel also served as Gunner 669 in the Tynemouth RGA (Territorial). He is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 15 and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (north face) Jarrow.
On the 1911 census, Daniel Bigley age 19 Platers Labourer in Shipyard is with his widowed mother Maria Bigley and family at 81 Buddle Street, Jarrow.