We remember Gerald Lyle Higgins

We remember Gerald Lyle Higgins

Timeline

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1885
sibling John A. Higgins Source:7956372 1885
1887
sibling Esther A. Higgins Source:7956372 1887
1889
birth Steyning, Sussex United Kingdom Source:7956270 1889
1889
sibling Richard Higgins Source:7956372 1889
1891
dates Age 1 Source:7956372 April 1891
1891
location 21 Upper Westbourne Street, Aldrington, Sussex United Kingdom parents address Source:7956372 April 1891
1914
dates Age 24 Source:7956369 1914
1914
employment Hotel worker Haywards Heath, Sussex United Kingdom Source:7956369 1914
1915
enlistment Haywards Heath, Sussex United Kingdom Source:7956596 1915
1916
dates Age 28 Source:7013153 11th December 1916
events Headstone Inscription Headstone Inscription N.O.K. given as 'Mrs [?K. or H.] Higgins 33 Shaftesbury Road, Brighton, Sussex Source:7013153
events Commemoration on Parish Church War Memorial Commemoration on Parish Church War Memorial All Saints' Church, Plumpton, Sussex United Kingdom Source:7956596
service British Army Gunner 2406 Royal Field Artillery 'D' Battery. 123rd Brigade Source:7013153
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:7956596
1916
death Died of wounds Somme, France and Flanders France Source:7013153 11th December 1916
burial Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1 CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France 111. F. 10 Source:7013153

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Gerald Lyle
Initials GL
Last Name Higgins
Source 7013153
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
21 Upper Westbourne Street, Aldrington, Sussex United Kingdom parents address known April 1891
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 2406 Royal Field Artillery 'D' Battery. 123rd Brigade Gunner
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
John Higgins father
Mary Ann Turner mother
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
John A. Higgins brother 1885
Esther A. Higgins sister 1887
Richard Higgins brother 1889

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

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England and Wales Birth Registration Index 1837-2008 Jean45090
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index 1837-2008 Jean45090
WW1 Centenary Plumpton and East Chiltington Jean45090
1891 England Census Transcription Jean45090
Plumpton and Plumpton Green, Sussex Roll of Honour Jean45090

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