| Surname(s) | Biggs |
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| First name(s) | Alexander Ernest |
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| Date of birth | 24 December 1919 |
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| Place of birth | West Ham Registration District |
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| Family details | Son of Albert James and Rhoda Emily Briggs |
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| Previous education | Royal Masonic School |
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| College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
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| Dates at college | 1938 |
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| Dept / course | Faculty of Laws |
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| Military unit | Royal Navy |
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| Service number | P/JX 209756 |
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| War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
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| Date of death | 03/08/1944 |
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| Age at death | 24 |
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| Rank at death | Signalman |
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| Cause of death | Killed on active service. H.M.S. Quorn |
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| Commemoration(s) | King’ s College Chapel; Portsmouth Naval Memorial |
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| Notes | Ship commissioned Sept 1940.It was on patrol of the British invasion beaches when there was a heavy attack by German E-Boats and sunk -130 people lost their lives. |
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| Sources | King’ s College London Archives, Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
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