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Higham, Kent [27]

Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire [20]

Higham, Norfolk [6]

Warrington, Lancashire [6]

Wigan, Lancashire [6]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Higham, Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Higham, Lancashire [4]

Higham, Rochester, Kent [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Williamstown Victoria [3]

East Claydon, Buckinghamshire [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Higham Ferrars, Northamptonshire [2]

Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire [2]

Higham, Derbyshire [2]

Higham, Kent, England [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Preston Lancashire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire, England [1]

Cold Higham [1]

Eatonsville New South Wales [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Gippsland Victoria [1]

Gooram Victoria [1]

Gorton [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Higham [1]

Higham England [1]

Higham Ferrar, Northamptonshire [1]

Higham Ferrers [1]

Higham Ferrers Northants, England [1]

Higham Ferrers, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England [1]

Higham Ferrers, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [409]

Gunner [46]

Driver [34]

Corporal [30]

Sapper [28]

Serjeant [21]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [12]

Acting Corporal [7]

Bombardier [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Civilian [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chaplain [1]

Commander [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Joined as Gunner, killed as A/Bombardier appt 4/2/1917 [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Engineer [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Driver [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [56]

Manchester Regiment [56]

Royal Field Artillery [51]

Royal Engineers [48]

South Lancashire Regiment [36]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

Army Service Corps [25]

Border Regiment [18]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [601]

Royal Navy [100]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Other Empire Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [703]

B [16]

C [14]

W [14]

P [11]

S [10]

T [7]

A [6]

D [6]

R [6]

F [5]

G [5]

M [4]

J [3]

L [3]

E [2]

K [2]

N [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [799]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

France [4]

Iraq [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Higham, Kent [27] Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire [20] Higham, Norfolk [6] Warrington, Lancashire [6] Wigan, Lancashire [6] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Higham, Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Higham, Lancashire [4] Higham, Rochester, Kent [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Stockport, Cheshire [3] Williamstown Victoria [3] East Claydon, Buckinghamshire [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Higham Ferrars, Northamptonshire [2] Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire [2] Higham, Derbyshire [2] Higham, Kent, England [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Preston Lancashire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Adelong New South Wales [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Blackburn England [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Castleford, Yorkshire, England [1] Cold Higham [1] Eatonsville New South Wales [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Gippsland Victoria [1] Gooram Victoria [1] Gorton [1] Hackney, London [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Higham [1] Higham England [1] Higham Ferrar, Northamptonshire [1] Higham Ferrers [1] Higham Ferrers Northants, England [1] Higham Ferrers, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England [1] Higham Ferrers, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [409] Gunner [46] Driver [34] Corporal [30] Sapper [28] Serjeant [21] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [12] Acting Corporal [7] Bombardier [7] Lieutenant [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Civilian [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [2] Trooper [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chaplain [1] Commander [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Joined as Gunner, killed as A/Bombardier appt 4/2/1917 [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Engineer [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Driver [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Sergant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [56] Manchester Regiment [56] Royal Field Artillery [51] Royal Engineers [48] South Lancashire Regiment [36] Liverpool Regiment [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] Army Service Corps [25] Border Regiment [18] Cheshire Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [18] East Lancashire Regiment [14] London Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Tank Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [601] Royal Navy [100] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56] Australian Imperial Force [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Other Empire Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [703] B [16] C [14] W [14] P [11] S [10] T [7] A [6] D [6] R [6] F [5] G [5] M [4] J [3] L [3] E [2] K [2] N [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [799] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [36] France [4] Iraq [1] Turkey [1]

Henry Higham Chapman

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 4588 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 4588 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4588 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Robert Higham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 268887 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Frank Higham

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 242388 Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment 1/5th Bn.

British Army 11062 Private West Riding Regiment 8th Bn.

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Peter Higham

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 11906 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 11906 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Jonathan Higham

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302708

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Edward Higham

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7000 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Stephen Higham

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161614

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Walter Higham

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 23808 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion.

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William Higham

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91036

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Higham Pearson

Died 1918

British Army 3/10121 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Edward Higham

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281681

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Thomas Higham

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120403

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Frank Higham

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 48841 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Robert Higham

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 266475 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 266475 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Higham

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235096

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William Higham

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268716

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Herbert Higham

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 7962 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Higham

Died 1917

British Army 20458 Private Border Regiment

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Norman Higham

Died 1916

British Army 33397 Private Manchester Regiment

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Charles Higham

Died 1917

British Army 2015 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 200407 Private Suffolk Regiment

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