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Private EDWARD WILLIAM HIGHAM

Service Number: 472263
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 June 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

VIII. A. 6.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Mary Ann Higham, of 143, Lorne St. West, Vancouver, British Columbia. Native of Halling, Kent, England.
  • Personal Inscription WE LOVED HIM WELL BUT JESUS LOVED HIM BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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