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Skipper Lieutenant JOHN STANLEY HIGGS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M. Trawler Dorinda

Date of Death

Died 18 May 1944

Age 53 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FALMOUTH CEMETERY, CORNWALL

Sec. K. Row B. Grave 21.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Cross and Bar, Reserve Decoration (Naval)
  • Personal Inscription THE ROUGH SEAS OF LIFE HE WILL SAIL NO MORE HE HAS ANCHORED SAFE ON THE ETERNAL SHORE
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Buried or commemorated at

FALMOUTH CEMETERY, CORNWALL
Cornwall United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 225
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