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Lance Corporal W HIGGINBOTTOM

Service Number: 200224
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 October 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRONENBOURG FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Allied. 3. 119.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Lilla Higginbottom, of 12, Mill Brow, Worsley, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

CRONENBOURG FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Bas-Rhin France
Number of casualties: 29
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