George Orde Bigge

1869 - 1935  (66 years)  

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• Gender	Male
  Born	13 Jan 1869 Ferozepur, Punjab, India   [1]
  Christened	15 Feb 1869 Ferozepur, Punjab, India   [1]
  Education	1882 Mill Hill School, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill Village, London, England   [2]  – Entered Mill Hill School as a Day Boy.
  Occupation	23 Jul 1887 Brompton Barracks, Chatham, Kent, England   [3]  – Aged 18 years and six months George joins the Royal School of Military Engineering which is based in Kent. He will stay there from Jul 1887 until Dec 1889.
  Residence	5 Apr 1891 The Royal Citadel, Plymouth, Devon   [3, 4]  – George is garrisoned in the Citadel. Army records show he was living there from 5 Dec 1887 until 30 Jun 1892.
  Occupation	1 Jul 1892 British Ceylon (Present day Sri Lanka)   [3, 5]  – George is sent to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon a British Colony) from Jul 1892 to Jan 1896.
  Occupation	14 Jan 1896 Languard Fort, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England   [3]  – On returning from Ceylon George has six days 'at home' and then takes up residence in Languard Fort from Jan 96 until 11 Sep 1896.
  Occupation	23 May 1900 Transvaal (Modern-day South Africa)   [3, 6]  – George spent 1896 - May 1900 moving from Landguard Fort to Chatham and back again. For a period he was Captain while serving as Adjt. 1st London Volunteers, R.E. On 23 May 1900 George travels to S.Africa for the first time and remains until Oct 1901 - This is for the 2nd Boer War.
  Occupation	16 Oct 1901 Cairo, Egypt   [3]  – After five months 'home' George sets sail to Egypt where he will stay for 10 months.
  Occupation	15 Mar 1906 Colchester Garrison, Essex, England   [3]  – George is sent to Essex for six months - 15 March to 26 September. On Sep 8 he marries Eliza Augusta Waller in Rye Sussex... 100+ miles from where he is garrisoned.
  Occupation	27 9 1906 Transvaal (Modern-day South Africa)   [3, 7]  – With his bride of less than a month George sets sail, once again, to South Africa. The army records him as being there until 25 Jun 1911 but he, Eliza and 3 year old Peggy are recorded as arriving in Plymouth on 29 Jul 1908 on the ship "Durham Castle" and Southhampton on 19 Oct 1910 on the ship "German". Both ships are from the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd. The army then records him as taking sick leave for 85 days beginning June until September.
  Residence	31 May 1913 Guernsey, Channel Islands, England   [3]  – Immediately after his sick leave George returns to Chatham from Sept 1911 until 30 May 1913. He then moves to Guernsey for almost a year and a half - leaving the Island and returning to Chatham on 21 Aug 1914.
  Occupation	23 Oct 1915 Gibraltar   [3, 8]  – George sets sail to Gibraltar and remains there until 29 Oct 1919. He retired from the R.E. as Lieutenant-Colonel O.B.E. and with the Queen's Medal for Gibraltar.
  Residence	27 Jul 1920 Curfew Cottage, Watchbell St, Rye Sussex, England, UK   [9]  – The British Army Medal Rolls Index Card note correspondence with George in 1920 and his home address is listed as Curfew Cottage. It is a secluded short road near two churches and features original cobbled streets and has changed very little over the years. Registered users can view an album of their home.
  Residence	1927 Genoa, Italy   [10]  – From the late 1920's onwards various passenger lists show that George and his family divided their time between England and Genoa.
  Residence	1927 - 1929 64a Marina, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, England   [11]  – Home to Eliza and George for two years before their move to Knock House.
  Residence	26 Mar 1935 Knock House, Stone-in-Oxney, Kent, England   [12]  – George's last address at his time of death.
  Died	26 Mar 1935 Knock House, Stone-in-Oxney, Kent, England   [13]
  Age	66 years
  Siblings	2 siblings
  + 1. George Orde Bigge,   b. 13 Jan 1869, Ferozepur, Punjab, India ,   d. 26 Mar 1935, Knock House, Stone-in-Oxney, Kent, England  (Age 66 years)   2. Thomas Arthur Hastings Bigge,   b. 1838,   d. 1914  (Age 76 years)   3. Harry Fowler Bigge,   b. 1874,   d. 1954  (Age 80 years)
  Person ID	I109 Family Tree | Bigge Branch
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Scovell Charles Bigge
  Mother	Ellen Lees,   b. Abt 1849, Connemara, Co Galway ,   d. 11 Jun 1928, 9 Warrior-Square, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, Sussex, England  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	13 Mar 1886 St. John's Church, Claremorris, Co Mayo
  Family ID	F33 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Bessie Harris
  Census		1891 England Census George is garrisoned in the Royal Citadel, Plymouth. He is 22, his occupation is given as Lieutenant Royal Engineers. It notes he was born in India and is a British Subject.
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2017
  Family ID	F32 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Eliza Augusta Waller,   b. 27 May 1875, The Laurels Inchicore Rd Inchicore Dublin 8 ,   d. 21 Apr 1953, Rye Memorial Hospital, Peasmarsh Road, Rye Foreign Sussex, TN31 7UD  (Age 77 years)
  Married	8 Sep 1906 Rye, Sussex, England   [14]
  Children	2 children
  + 1. Violet Muriel Orde Bigge,   b. 7 Dec 1891, Albert Cottage, Citadel Road, Plymouth, Devon, UK ,   d. 16 Jan 1965, Wesley Vale, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 73 years)  [Birth]  [Stepchild] 2. Margaret "Peggy" Bigge,   b. 19 Sep 1907, Transvaal (Modern-day South Africa) ,   d. 30 Sep 1962, Willesborough Hospital Ashford Kent  (Age 55 years)
  Wills and Probate » Slide Show		George Orde Bigge - Probate BIGGE George Orde of Knock House Stone-in-Oxney KENT died 26 March 1935 Probatr LONDON 26 April to Eliza Augusta Bigge widow and Noel Prentice solicitor. Effects £4039 4s. 6d.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Margaret "Peggy" Bigge - Probate WEBBE Peggy of 10 Poplar Road Wittersham KENT widow died 30 September 1962 at Willesborough Hospital Ashford Kent Administration LONDON 30 November to Ada Maud Waller and Hilary Joan Braybrooke spinsters. Effects £11990 9s.
  		Eliza Augusta Waller - Probate BIGGE Eliza Augusta of The Willows Wittersham Kent widow died 21 April 1953 at Memorial Hospital Rye Foreign Sussex Probate LONDON 25 June to Peggy Webbe (wife of Maurice Edward Webbe). Effects £7538 8s. 3d.
  Albums		Curfew Cottage (9) Curfew Cottage - Home of George Orde Bigge and Eliza Augusta Waller in the 1920s This is a private album which is only available to registered users.
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F34 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Census		1911 England Census It is four years since George married to Eliza Augusta Waller. They are living on Tadworthy Road in North Devonshire - a beautiful rural area. He is 42 and signs the census as GO Bigge Major Royal Engineers. It notes his Punjab birth and that he is British by parentage. Eliza, of course, was born in Dublin and their daughter, four year old Peggy, was born in Africa. They also have a 'nurse domestic' living with them.
  		1891 England Census George is garrisoned in the Royal Citadel, Plymouth. He is 22, his occupation is given as Lieutenant Royal Engineers. It notes he was born in India and is a British Subject.

  
  

  Wills and Probate

  Ellen (Lees) Bigge - Probate BIGGE Ellen of 9 Warrior-square St Leonards-on-Sea widow died 11 June 1928 Probate London 31 July to George Orde Bigge retired lieutenant-colonel H.M. Army Harry Fowler Bigge retired captain H.M. Army and William Thurburn Iggulden solicitor. Effects £7205 2s. 10d.

  
  

  Albums		George Orde Bigge - Travel Documents (10) Various passenger lists gathered from his first trip abroad with the R.E. to his final retirement years. They are interesting documents - in George's later years we see that he, Eliza and occasionally Peggy, would regularly move between Genoa and England for significant portions of the year. When George was stationed to Gibraltar he brought Eliza, Peggy and an unnamed male child.
  		George Orde Bigge - Military Records & Awards (6) Primarily Medal Rolls - original records of medals and awards George received in the Royal Engineers.

• Event Map		Born - 13 Jan 1869 - Ferozepur, Punjab, India  Christened - 15 Feb 1869 - Ferozepur, Punjab, India  Education - Entered Mill Hill School as a Day Boy. - 1882 - Mill Hill School, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill Village, London, England  Occupation - Aged 18 years and six months George joins the Royal School of Military Engineering which is based in Kent. He will stay there from Jul 1887 until Dec 1889. - 23 Jul 1887 - Brompton Barracks, Chatham, Kent, England  Residence - George is garrisoned in the Citadel. Army records show he was living there from 5 Dec 1887 until 30 Jun 1892. - 5 Apr 1891 - The Royal Citadel, Plymouth, Devon  Occupation - George is sent to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon a British Colony) from Jul 1892 to Jan 1896. - 1 Jul 1892 - British Ceylon (Present day Sri Lanka)  Occupation - On returning from Ceylon George has six days 'at home' and then takes up residence in Languard Fort from Jan 96 until 11 Sep 1896. - 14 Jan 1896 - Languard Fort, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England  Occupation - George spent 1896 - May 1900 moving from Landguard Fort to Chatham and back again. For a period he was Captain while serving as Adjt. 1st London Volunteers, R.E. On 23 May 1900 George travels to S.Africa for the first time and remains until Oct 1901 - This is for the 2nd Boer War. - 23 May 1900 - Transvaal (Modern-day South Africa)  Occupation - After five months 'home' George sets sail to Egypt where he will stay for 10 months. - 16 Oct 1901 - Cairo, Egypt  Occupation - George is sent to Essex for six months - 15 March to 26 September. On Sep 8 he marries Eliza Augusta Waller in Rye Sussex... 100+ miles from where he is garrisoned. - 15 Mar 1906 - Colchester Garrison, Essex, England  Married - 8 Sep 1906 - Rye, Sussex, England  Occupation - With his bride of less than a month George sets sail, once again, to South Africa. The army records him as being there until 25 Jun 1911 but he, Eliza and 3 year old Peggy are recorded as arriving in Plymouth on 29 Jul 1908 on the ship "Durham Castle" and Southhampton on 19 Oct 1910 on the ship "German". Both ships are from the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd. The army then records him as taking sick leave for 85 days beginning June until September. - 27 9 1906 - Transvaal (Modern-day South Africa)  Residence - Immediately after his sick leave George returns to Chatham from Sept 1911 until 30 May 1913. He then moves to Guernsey for almost a year and a half - leaving the Island and returning to Chatham on 21 Aug 1914. - 31 May 1913 - Guernsey, Channel Islands, England  Occupation - George sets sail to Gibraltar and remains there until 29 Oct 1919. He retired from the R.E. as Lieutenant-Colonel O.B.E. and with the Queen's Medal for Gibraltar. - 23 Oct 1915 - Gibraltar  Residence - The British Army Medal Rolls Index Card note correspondence with George in 1920 and his home address is listed as Curfew Cottage. It is a secluded short road near two churches and features original cobbled streets and has changed very little over the years. Registered users can view an album of their home. - 27 Jul 1920 - Curfew Cottage, Watchbell St, Rye Sussex, England, UK  Residence - From the late 1920's onwards various passenger lists show that George and his family divided their time between England and Genoa. - 1927 - Genoa, Italy  Residence - Home to Eliza and George for two years before their move to Knock House. - 1927 - 1929 - 64a Marina, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, England  Residence - George's last address at his time of death. - 26 Mar 1935 - Knock House, Stone-in-Oxney, Kent, England  Died - 26 Mar 1935 - Knock House, Stone-in-Oxney, Kent, England   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S25] India Select Births & Baptisms, 1786 - 1947, (Ancestry.com), FHL Film Number 499033, 31 Jan 2017. Name: George Orde Bigge | Gender: Male | Birth Date: 13 Jan 1869 | Birth Place: Ferozepore,Bengal,India | Baptism Date: 15 Feb 1869 | Baptism Age: 0 | Baptism Place: Ferozepore, Bengal, India | Father: Thomas Scovell Bigge | Mother: Ellen [S26] Hill Hill School Records, (Hill Hill School Records), http://www.atwar.millhill.org.uk/Search_Result_View.php?recID=250, 2 Feb 2017. [S33] Royal Engineers: Statement of Services. [S16] 1891 England Census, (Ancestry.com), Class: RG12; Piece: 1737; Folio: 135; Page: 22; GSU Roll: 6096847, 31 Jan 2017. [S27] The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; , (Ancestry.com), 2 Feb 2017. [S30] UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 | Class: BT26; Piece: 453; Item: 5, 1 Feb 2017. [S30] UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Ancestry.com. UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012., 2 Feb 2017. [S27] The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; , (Ancestry.com), 1 Feb 2017. [S28] British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, (Ancestry.com), 1 Feb 2017. [S30] UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Class: BT26; Piece: 943; Item: 32, 2 Feb 2017. [S30] UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Class: BT26; Piece: 881; Item: 58, 2 Feb 2017. [S18] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (Ancestry.com), Pg: 320 Year: 1935, 1 Feb 2017. [S18] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (Ancestry.com), 320 1935, 31 Jan 2017. Name: George Orde Bigge | Death Date: 26 Mar 1935 | Death Place: Kent, England | Probate Date: 26 Apr 1935| Registry: London, England [S31] England & Wales Marriages 1837-2008, General Register Office England, Pg 12; Vol.2B, 2 Feb 2017.