Service no. 4362
Rifleman, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), 8th Bn.
Killed in action on 11 April 1916, aged 23
CWGC: " Son of John and Jane Dignum, of Clapham; husband of Jane Dignum, of 4, Belmont Rd., Clapham, London."
Remembered at Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery, Estree-Cauchy, Pas de Calais, France
Enlisted in London
Probably related to Charles Dignum
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 Robert Richard Dignum was an 18-year-old Clapham-born telegraph messenger sharing four rooms with his parents and siblings at 10 Chip Street, Clapham. John Dignum, 59, was a chimney cleaner, born in Clapham; Jane Dignum, 59 was also from Clapham. They had seven surviving children (of 10), of whom the following were listed on the census at this address:
Lillian Clara Dignum, 33, born in Stockwell
Thomas George Dignum, 29, a tram conductor born in Stockwell
Florence Margret Dignum, 22, born in Clapham
James William Dignum, 20, an assistant postman, born in Clapham
Robert Richard Dignum, 18, an telegraph messenger, born in Clapham
Walter Edmond Dignum, 16, a telegraph messenger, born in Clapham