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 |
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 |
From the Tyrone Courier dated 13 July 1916: |