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Private J HIGSON

Service Number: 241997
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XXVI. C. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Margaret Higson, of St. Michael's-on-Wyre, Garstang, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription MOTHER'S LOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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