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Private EDWARD HIGGINS

Service Number: 1876
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 July 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

IV. E. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Agnes Higgins, of 7, Busnett Place, Marshfields, Bradford, Yorks., and the late Walter Higgins.
  • Personal Inscription LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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