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Rifleman EDWARD HIGGINS

Service Number: 8239
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOKER CHURCHYARD

II. A. 14.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born at Belfast. Son of Lawrance and Margaret Higgins, of 130, Beckwith St., Birkenhead.
  • Personal Inscription IN LIFE WE LOVED HIM DEARLY IN DEATH SWEET MEMORIES CLING
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Buried or commemorated at

LOKER CHURCHYARD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 215
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