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Lance Corporal WILLIAM HIGGINS

Service Number: 24414
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA MEMORIAL

Panel 14 and 62.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Bridget Higgins; husband of Annie Higgins, of 6. Walmsley St., Stalybridge, Cheshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA MEMORIAL
Iraq
Number of casualties: 40597
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