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Lance Corporal W J HIGGS

Service Number: 8702
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 December 1914

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. 26.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Higgs, of 3, Low Water, Frome, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN REST IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 255
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