Private 25837 Charles Valentine BIGNELL

Private 25837 Charles Valentine BIGNELL{gallery}Pte C V Bignell{/gallery}10th Battalion, Royal West Surrey (The Queen’s) Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 22nd October 1918, aged 37

• Buried: Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave V.C.11
  
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Bignall
• Husband of Emma Bignell [nee Kesterton]. Married Oct Qtr 1905 in Aston District
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Minworth
• Other Memorial: Paulerspury, Northants as Valentine A Bignell
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Bignell
• NNWFHS Minworth War Memorial Page
• Paulerspury War Memorial
• Harlebeke New British Cemetery
• Royal West Surrey Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 15 Feb 1882 at Paulerspury, Northants. Christened as Valentine Adolphus Bignell on 26 Mar 1882
• Lived at Paulersbury [1891]
  
• Lived as a lodger at 32 Goring Street, Hackney, London [1901]
• Lived at 3 May Cottages, Minworth [1911]
• Employed as a general labourer on farm [1911]