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Rifleman EDWIN GORDON HIGGINS

Service Number: 6967088
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY

VII. B. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Ada Higgins; husband of Ada Jessie Higgins, of Finsbury, London.
  • Personal Inscription OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU ALWAYS, DARLING. YOUR EVERLOVING WIFE AND SON
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 809
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