Pigford, Ernest Lynn | Universities at War

Personal details

HMS Black Prince. Image kindly provided by Imperial War Museums (collection no. 2107-01).

Name on Memorial:

Pigford, Ernest L.

Forename(s):

Ernest Lynn

Surname:

Pigford

Date of Birth:

Thursday, March 23, 1882

Date of Death:

Wednesday, May 31, 1916

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Service Number:

Tyneside Z/8911

Rank:

Able Seaman

Service:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Navy, HMS Black Prince

Prisoner of War:

Theatre of War:

Naval

Biography

Ernest was born in 1882 to Robert Henry and Sarah Pigford. He had one brother, Frederick, who worked as a painter, and three sisters, Edith, Dorothy and Ethel. Before the war, he had been a school teacher and a house painter.

Ernest was killed during the Battle of Jutland, when the Black Prince sank on 31st May 1916. He was aged 34.

Addresses before and during the war

23 Victoria Terr, Annfield Plain, Lanchester (place of residence as entered in the 1911 census)

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Battle of Jutland

Memorials

Other Memorials:

Ernest is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent and in Stanley (Harelaw) Cemetery, County Durham.

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

North East War Memorials Project

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Holly Johnson, Amy Shiel.