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Stonehouse, Devon [4]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Aghalee Lurgan [1]

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Southport, Lancashire [1]

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Private [375]

Gunner [49]

Driver [34]

Serjeant [28]

Corporal [17]

Captain [16]

Sapper [15]

Pioneer [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Saddler Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Brevet Colonel Temporary Major General [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Company Serjeant Major Instructor [1]

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Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Major General [1]

Major and Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Major and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Major General [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Private/Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Private [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [53]

Labour Corps [46]

Royal Engineers [43]

Army Service Corps [38]

Manchester Regiment [31]

Royal Garrison Artillery [30]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

North Staffordshire Regiment [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Border Regiment [10]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10]

Royal Irish Rifles [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Shropshire Light Infantry [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

General List [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

King's Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Service

British Army [579]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Royal Navy [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

H [694]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [682]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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Stonehouse, Devon [4] Melbourne Victoria [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Aghalee Lurgan [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Blackburn [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bolton England [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bow, London [1] Bright Victoria [1] Brisbane [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromborough, Cheshire, England [1] Calcutta [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Clayton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Dalby Queensland [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Elland, West Yorkshire [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Finsbury, London [1] Finsbury, London, Middlesex [1] Galway [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Hackney [1] Irlam, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Knockin, Shropshire [1] Lancaster [1] Leigh Lancashire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Madeley, Shropshire [1] Marcham Ley, Shropshire [1] Newton, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Oxford [1] Saint John, New Brunswick [1] Scolbour, Antrim [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Southport, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [375] Gunner [49] Driver [34] Serjeant [28] Corporal [17] Captain [16] Sapper [15] Pioneer [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant [10] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Major [3] Rifleman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Saddler Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Matron [1] Brevet Colonel Temporary Major General [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Company Serjeant Major Instructor [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Major General [1] Major and Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Major and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Major General [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Private/Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler Staff Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Private [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [53] Labour Corps [46] Royal Engineers [43] Army Service Corps [38] Manchester Regiment [31] Royal Garrison Artillery [30] Cheshire Regiment [26] Liverpool Regiment [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Machine Gun Corps [21] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] South Staffordshire Regiment [13] North Staffordshire Regiment [12] East Lancashire Regiment [11] Border Regiment [10] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10] Royal Irish Rifles [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Shropshire Light Infantry [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7] Coldstream Guards [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Horse Artillery [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Essex Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] General List [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Hussars [3] King's Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Service

British Army [579] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Royal Navy [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

H [694] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [682] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Henry Higginson

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army 43136 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 34th Brigade, 70th Battery

British Army 43136 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 34th Brigade, 70th Battery

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Robert Higginson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2125 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph Samuel Higginson

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army L/13523 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army L/13523 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Clifton Vernon Higginson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 3rd Squadron

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Herbert Shorland Higginson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277891

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Nelson Higginson

Born 1896

Died 1919

Royal Navy J/17064 Able Seaman H.M. Submarine E.42.

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Henry Higginson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301610

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John Thomas Higginson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139815

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Wilfred Albert Higginson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1740 Private 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

British Army 200314 Private 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Joseph Higginson

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 6451 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 22305 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6451 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas Higginson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 59031 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 59031 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Higginson

Died 1918

British Army 83986 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 83986 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Higginson

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 202205 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Bertram Preston Higginson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 201251 (incomplete) Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Thomas Cecil Higginson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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Benjamin Higginson

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 15500 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur Higginson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41916 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Herbert Higginson

Died 1917

British Army 19638 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Thomas Gordon Higginson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps General List

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81159 Royal Flying Corps

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Harry Scott Higginson

Born 1886

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 25725

Canadian Expeditionary Force 25725 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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