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Sapper GEORGE HIGGINBOTTOM

Service Number: 2072475
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

2 Field Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

23. E. 1.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Ellen Higginbottom of Claughton, Birkenhead.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF GEORGE AND ELLEN OF CLAUGHTON, BIRKENHEAD. HE ANSWERED THE CALL
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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