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Ordinary Seaman JOSEPH HIGGINS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Northwood (Middlesbrough)

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1946

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GATESHEAD EAST CEMETERY

Div. O. Grave 2915.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mortimer and Elizabeth Higgins, of Gateshead.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

GATESHEAD EAST CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 240
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