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Private JOHN HIGGS

Service Number: 2877
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1916

Buried or commemorated at

MANCHESTER (GORTON) CEMETERY

C. N.C. 175.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Eliza Higgs, of Gorton; husband of Lydia Ann Higgs, of 78, Reddish Lane, Gorton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO ARTHUR SON OF ABOVE DIED APRIL 7TH 1024, AGE 13 SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

MANCHESTER (GORTON) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 163
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