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14/10/2017 The CWGC record Private Peter Biggar as the son of Patrick and Elizabeth Biggar of Stewartstown, County Tyrone.
14/10/2017 Newspaper reports confirm he had lived in Stewartstown, although he is not listed on Stewartstown War Memorial.
14/10/2017 Private Peter Biggar is buried in Vermelles Communal Cemetery in France.
14/10/2017 Three men from that battalion were listed as killed in action on 12th June 1916 - Peter Biggar, Matthew Laurence and Ernest Corbett.
14/10/2017 Private Peter Biggar was serving with the 13th Battalion of the Royal Scots when he was killed on 12th June 1916. Newspapers reported that he died as a result of an accident. He was 19 years old.
14/10/2017 Peter was living in Edinburgh when he enlisted in with the Royal Scots in Leith.
14/10/2017 Peter was the son of Patrick and Elizabeth Biggar.
14/10/2017 Peter Biggar was born in Addiewell, Midlothian, Scotland about 1897.
30/12/2015 Private P Biggar, Royal Scots, of Stewartstown, has been accidentally killed.
30/12/2015
30/12/2015 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 8th July 1916:
30/12/2015 Private P Biggar, Royal Scots, of Stewartstown, has been accidentally killed.
30/12/2015
30/12/2015 From the Tyrone Courier dated 13 July 1916:
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