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This tabulation is based on the First World War Medals Roll at the English National Archives, to which is added the Commonwealth War Graves Commission casualty roll, which includes a few Second World War deaths. Where no date is printed alongside the entry, the assumption is that the man served in the First World War and survived.

Name Rank No. Corps Age at Death Notes Document
Howitt, Mrs, nee Piggin, Sara I nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment WO 372/23
Piggin, Arthur private 5245 Norfolk Regiment 26.09.1916 Also in Soldiers who Died in the Great War WO 372/16 and WO 372/24, CWGC
Piggin, Albert 7044... Middlesex Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, Albert private 25614 Norfolk Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, Albert gunner 70 Royal Field Artillery WO 372/16
Piggin, Alex private G/34616 Middlesex Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, Arthur corporal 8647 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry WO 372/16
Piggin, Arthur driver 546298 Royal Engineers WO 372/16
Piggin, Arthur Ernest sergeant 976406 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 20.11.1944 CWGC
Piggin, Benjamin Henry private 6084549 The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 26 28.04.1940 Also in Army Roll of Honour, based on WO 304: born London E CWGC
Piggin, Bert private 5774403 Royal Norfolk Regiment 22 15.07.1943 Also in Army Roll of Honour, based on WO 304: born Norwich CWGC
Piggin, Doris worker 40145 Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps WO 372/23
Piggin, Ernest A private 19172 Norfolk Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, Ernest F gunner 690104 Royal Field Artillery WO 372/16
Piggin, Ernest V saddler 24385 Royal Garrison Artillery WO 372/16
Piggin, Franck W private 131494 Machine Gun Corps WO 372/16
Piggin, Frank private 3191 Derby Yeomanry WO 372/16
Piggin, Frank Redgate leading airman FX85272 Royal Navy 19 10.12.1941 CWGC
Piggin, Frank Wesley private WX13508 Australian Infantry 40 17.08.1943 CWGC
Piggin, Frank William private 131494 Machine Gun Corps See Gazette 1919 WO 372/23
Piggin, Frederic private 17393 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 24 14.02.1916 WO 372/16 (also Piggins) and CWGC
Piggin, Frederick J private 24892 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10.01.1918 WO 372/16 and CWGC
Piggin, George sapper 65370 Royal Engineers WO 372/16
Piggin, George E private M2/074922 Army Service Corps WO 372/16
Piggin, George H private T/261781 Army Service Corps WO 372/16
Piggin, George W sapper... 556589 Royal Engineers WO 372/16
Piggin, H private... S/443236 Grenadier Guards WO 372/16
Piggin, Harry private... 5337 Army Ordnance Corps WO 372/16
Piggin, Harry N private 1973 Royal Guernsey Light Infantry WO 372/16
Piggin, Henry Arthur second lieutenant... Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Attached North Midland Field Ambulance See Gazette 1916-1920 for commissions WO 372/16
Piggin, Henry J private... 26792 The Queen's Regiment The pair of medals were offered for sale on E-Bay in April 2008 with envelope addressed 35 Willis Street Norwich: the silver and gold medals were general ones for WWI service. WO 372/16
Piggin, Herbert private... 28094 Essex Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, Herbert private... 7497 Leicestershire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, Herbert Arthur rifleman 41856 Royal Irish Rifles 25 16.08.1917 Also in Soldiers who Died in the Great War CWGC
Piggin, Herbert P sapper... 84728 Royal Engineers WO 372/16
Piggin, Horace gunner 875760 Royal Field Artillery WO 372/16
Piggin, J L temporary second lieutenant Infantry/Royal Fusiliers See Gazette 1917-1918 WO 372/24
Piggin, James R corporal 242397 Lancashire Fusiliers 13.05.1917 (James Robert): also in Soldiers who Died in the Great War WO 372/16 and CWGC
Piggin, John private 36735 East Lancashire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, John Laverseed private... 13041 Royal Fusiliers WO 372/16
Piggin, John W private 315941 Tank Corps WO 372/16
Piggin, John W private... 1188 West Kent Yeomanry WO 372/16
Piggin, Joseph private 20/337 Durham Light Infantry WO 372/16
Piggin, Joseph driver L/2647 Royal Field Artillery WO 372/16
Piggin, Joseph F H private 62790 West Yorkshire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, Joseph H corporal S4/140143 Army Service Corps WO 372/16
Piggin, Kenneth Hardy lance corporal 2073894 Royal Engineers 25 12.01.1947 CWGC
Piggin, Peter John flying officer 147781 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 02.03.1944 CWGC
Piggin, Reginald A. private (medals), lance corporal (CWGC) 43081 Durham Light Infantry 20.04.1917 (Reginald Arthur): also in Soldiers who Died in the Great War WO 372/16 and CWGC
Piggin, Robert born Jarrow, residence Jarrow. Only in Soldiers who Died in the Great War CWGC
Piggin, Robert private (CWGC: rifleman) S/10483 Rifle Brigade 08.09.1915 WO 372/16 and CWGC
Piggin, Robert sapper 57310 Royal Engineers WO 372/16
Piggin, Robert Watson gunner 20213 Royal Garrison Artillery attached General Hospital 36 22.09.1917 Also in Soldiers who Died in the Great War WO 372/16 and CWGC
Piggin, Stanley R lance corporal... 49797 Royal Engineers See Gazette 1919 WO 372/16
Piggin, Stirtevant Frederic lieutenant Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve 24 01.05.1942 CWGC
Piggin, Thomas private 26249 Royal Defence Corps WO 372/16
Piggin, Thomas private... 14049 Leicestershire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, Thomas A regimental quartermaster serjeant... 213 Derby Yeomanry WO 372/16
Piggin, Thomas W 3292... Norfolk Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, Walter private 4705 Norfolk Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, Walter Robert private TR/10 12617 Training Reserve Battalion WO 372/16
Piggin, William private 23342 Leicestershire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, William private 2120 Norfolk Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, William corporal 32832 Royal Lancashire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, William G private... 1901 London Regiment WO 372/16
Piggin, William Thomas private 5778436 Royal Norfolk Regiment 21 25.01.1942 Also in Army Roll of Honour, based on WO 304: born Norwich CWGC
Piggins, Albert private 4844 Army Ordnance Corps WO 372/16
Piggins, Arthur H private... 301090 London Regiment WO 372/16
Piggins, Bernard private C/6485 King's Royal Rifle Corps WO 372/16
Piggins, Charles serjeant Jun 03 Worcestershire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggins, Ernest saddler... 32237 Royal Field Artillery WO 372/16
Piggins, Ernest J private 35824 Scottish Rifles WO 372/16
Piggins, F private 63965 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 29 08.11.1918 (Frank, born Walsall): also in Soldiers who Died in the Great War CWGC
Piggins, Frank acting corporal... 53306 Devonshire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggins, Frank private... 75140 Northumberland Fusiliers WO 372/16
Piggins, Frederick G private 6633 Cameron Highlanders WO 372/16
Piggins, George Edward lance corporal (medals), serjeant (CWGC) 1402 Cambridgeshire Regiment 22 14.10.1916 (born Wisbech): also in Soldiers who Died in the Great War WO 372/16 and CWGC
Piggins, Harry lance corporal... 10005 South Staffordshire Regiment See Gazette 1917-1918 for awards WO 372/16
Piggins, Joe private 41049 Manchester Regiment WO 372/16
Piggins, Robert H private... Mai 85 Durham Light Infantry WO 372/16
Piggins, Robert Henry private N227869 Australian Infantry 29 06.12.1942 CWGC
Piggins, S J air mechanic 2nd class 109526 Royal Air Force 14.10.1918 CWGC
Piggins, Stanley serjeant... 4635 Lincolnshire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggins, Stephen private 20095 Gloucestershire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggins, Thomas private 24066 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry WO 372/16
Piggins, Thomas O private 77238 Royal Army Medical Corps WO 372/16
Piggins, Thomas O private... 7844 Yorkshire Regiment WO 372/16
Piggins, Walter J acting corporal GS/62244 Royal Fusiliers WO 372/16
Piggins, William private... 50477 Lancashire Fusiliers WO 372/16
Piggon, Brenda May civilian Civilian War Dead 17 16.11.1940 CWGC
Piggon, William private 7064 Army Cyclist Corps WO 372/16


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