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CPO. Charles Higgs
Royal Navy HMS Prince George
from:Newhaven
Charlie Higgs was the step-father of my mother, Jessie Sinclair. I have in my possession Charlie's certificate of Royal Navy Service from the time he entered the service as a boy 2nd class in August 1915 up to the date he retired from the service in October 1945. He was awarded his LS & GC medal in 1933. He was a torpedoman by trade, being promoted Petty Officer in October 1928 and Chief Petty Officer in September 1938.
2Lt Earnest Richard Higgs
British Army 2/7th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:23 Pretoria Road, Edmonton, London
Pte. William Joseph Higgs
British Army 7th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Knebworth
William Higgs enlisted on the 17th of August 1915 and was discharged medically unfit 10th of July 1918 due to gas injury. I have found William's Discharge record and War Pension record.
Rflmn. Gordon Alexander High
British Army 21st Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
(d.8th Aug 1916)
Gordon High is buried in Essex Farm Cemetery.
Able Sea. James High
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Collingwood Battalion
from:Holywell, Northumberland
(d.4th June 1915 )
James High joined up in November 1914. He was a miner aged 24 and married to Mary nee Scott and had two young children He was sent to train in the Royal Naval Volunteers Reserve as an Able Seaman in the Collingwood Battalion. He was reported missing presumed killed on 4th June 1915 and his young son died shortly after from diptheria. He is my husband's 2nd cousin and his name is on the Memorial in St Marys Church Holywell.
Pte. David Higham
British Army 8th (Service) Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Blackburn, Lancashire
David Higham was my grandfather. He left work in the cotton mill in Blackburn at the age of 19 and enlisted in 1915. He was small at enlistment. He was only 5 Ft 1 and a half inches tall, which would have prevented his earlier enlistment until there was a relaxation of the minimum height requirements. He enlisted in the South Wales Borderers before joining his intended unit the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. My grandmother came from Shropshire so that may have encouraged that. He served in Salonika with the allied expeditionary force there and, after seeing active service, suffered a common fate there as he was invalided back to Malta with illness. He spent some time in Malta recovering (he had fond memories of his time there) before being discharged on 20th of Novemeber as no longer fit for war service.
Pte. Frank Higham
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Hyde Cheshire
(d.25th Dec 1918)
Frank Higham lived and worked in Hyde Cheshire. When he joined the Army in 1916 he was 32 and married. He was initially in the Cheshire Regt but was transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was captured at the Battle of Delville Wood and spent the remainder of the war as a POW at Wittenburg Camp in Germany. Frank communicated to his family that he was working in a sugar mill. He said he was being treated well - but that was likely as not to upset his wife and family as Wittenberg had a reputation as the worst camp and Typhus had been rife. When the war ended and the German infrastructure failed, Denamrk offered to help repatriate prisoners to the UK. Denmark set up 9 staging posts (8 in Denmark; 1 in Sweden) to which soldiers were moved. The plan was, they would stay there about a week to get decent food/health checks/spruced up before being returned home. Frank was at Ljungbyhed Military Camp in Sweden and was due to sail home on Christmas Day 1918 on the HMS Wessex. Unfortunately he had arrived in Sweden in a poor condition and despite the best efforts of the Ljunbyhed Hospital, he died from Spanish Flu on Christmas Day 1918. He was buried 2 days later at Riseberga Church, Skane, Sweden.
Medal Card
Pte George Aaron Gilbert Higham
British Army 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hull
Pte. Jesse Higham
British Army 8th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
from:Padiham, nr. Burnley, Lancs.
(d.16th Feb 1917)
Jesse Higham died on the 16th of February 1917, aged 19 and is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Higham, of 11, Altham St., Padiham, nr. Burnley, Lancs. Native of Padiham.
L/Cpl. Thomas William Highams
British Army 10th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Maidstone, Kent
(d.21st Sep 1917)
Tom was my uncle and as far as I can gather was first posted to France in May 1916. He was allowed leave from the front to attend the funeral of his young wife who had died of T.B in February 1917. He returned to the front only to be killed in action during the Battle of the Menin Road in September. He is commemorated on the memorial wall at Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Super. Lenah Highbee
U.S. Navy Nurse Corps
from:USA
Lenah Higbee was one of the first nurses to join the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps when it was established in 1908. This move required sacrifice and perseverance, as many members of the Navy considered female nurses unwelcome pariahs, indeed, they were not even given rank. Lenah Higbee gave navy nursing her all and was quickly appointed Chief Nurse. A few years later, she was promoted to Superintendent of the Nurse Corps, the second woman to hold the position. Higbee was the first female to be awarded the Navy Cross, for her unusual and conspicuous devotion to duty during WWI. And after her death, a naval combat ship was named USS Higbee in her honor. It was the first time a naval vessel had been named after a female service member.
Dvr. Elias Highcock
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:St.Helens
I know very little of my Great Great Grandfather, Elias Highcock other than he served for the duration of the war in The Royal Field Artillery and saw action at Ypres.
I also know he volunteered to serve in the 2nd World War but was turned down due to age. He did however serve in the Fire Watch and Home Guard. I would be grateful for any additional information.
Cpl. Peter Highcock
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:St.Helens, Lancs
(d.14th Nov 1918)
My granddad, Peter Highcock joined the Lancs Hussars but they were nearly wiped out. About 200 who survived then joined the Kings Liverpool, later he joined the MGC. I don't know the exact dates. He was attached to the Americans and while they were crossing a river he was shot by a sniper, the only casualty. The river was the Legrande Helpe. He was attached to 25th Battalion. He was shot on the 7/11/18 and died on the 14/11/18.
Pte. Thomas J. Highgate
British Army 1st Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Shoreham, Kent
(d.8th Sep 1914)
Thomas Highgate served with the Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 8th September 1914. He is commemorated on The La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France.
Thomas Highgate was the first to suffer such military justice. Unable to bear the carnage of 7,800 British troops at the Battle of Mons, he fled and hid in a barn. He was undefended at his trial because all his comrades from the Royal West Kents had been killed, injured or captured. Just 35 days into the war, Pte. Highgate was executed.
Born the only son of a farm labourer at Oxbourne Farm in the Kent village of Shoreham, Highgate was himself a farm labourer before enlisting as a regular soldier in the 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment on 4th February 1913, aged 17 years and nine months. Prior to mobilisation his battalion was based in Dublin's Richmond Barracks and it crossed to France on 15th August 1914. The battalion first saw action at the Battle of Mons, being engaged in both the battle and the subsequent retreat.
George Thomas Higton
British Army Sherwood Foresters
from:Waterhouses
(d.1917)
George Higton was my great uncle. For several years, I have heard disjointed stories about a relative who served in the great war, but have been unable to find out any information about him. If any one can help me in my search, please contact Thanks.
A/Cpl. Harry Louis Hilder MM.
British Army 8th Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Great Livermore, Suffolk
(d.3rd May 1917)
Harry Hilder is remembered on the Arras Memorial and also named on the Great Livermore Memorial.
Pte. Arthur Jackson Hilditch
British Army 18th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:Hunts Cross, Liverpool
(d.18th Oct 1916)
Pte. Arthur Jackson Hilditch
British Army 18th Btn. Liverpool Kings Regiment
from:Hunts Cross
(d.18 Oct 1916)
Pte Arthur Jackson Hilditch
British Army 18th Btn. Kings (Liverpool Regiment)
from:Liverpool
(d.18th Oct 1916)
Arthur Hilditch was the son of Mr & Mrs Henry Hilditch of Hunts Cross, Liverpool. He was killed in France in 1916 and was buried at Warlencourt Court British Cemetery.
Cpl. Fredrick Charles Hildred
British Army 2/6th Btn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Bootle
My grandfather, Fredrick Hildred, was a corporal in the 2nd/6th Liverpool King's Own Rifles. He joined up in 1915 and went to France in January 1917 with the 2nd line battalion and I believe operated near the town of Armentieres. He was wounded by gas in August of the same year and invalided out of service. The basic dates of his service are listed with others in a book by a Cpt. Wurtsburge, but no specific details of his service and injury are mentioned. It would be nice to learn in greater detail of the events of the time and my grandfather's experiences, so if anyone has any other information it would be appreciated.
Pte. Frederick Hiley
British Army 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Rugeley
(d.22nd Jul 1916)
Brother of William Hiley who was also sadley killed in the First World War.
Fred initially served with the North Staffs Regiment (Pvte. 8143) before being assigned to the Lincolnshire Regiment with whom he was serving when he died of wounds recieved in battle in July 1916.
Buried at Longuenesse Cemetry near St.Omer in France.
Bdr. John Clifford Hiley
British Army 102nd Bde. A Bty Royal Field Artillery
from:Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire
(d.13th Jun 1917)
Pte. William Hiley
British Army 1/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Rugeley
(d.9th Sep 1917)
Capt. A Hill
British Army 32nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers
Capt. A Hill was treated for a facial injury at the Queen's Hospital, Sidcup
Pte. A.R. Hill
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Grimsby
A Hill was wounded in 1917 and discharged
Capt. Albert Rowland Hill
British Army 16th Btn Cameronians Scottish Rifles
from:Cardiff
Albert Hill is my grandfather, I believe he may have been transferred from another Cameronian Battalion after suffering shellshock, as this battalion was not formed until 1916. I was told he was almost buried alive in a sack but twitched and was saved. He died on 26th September 1964. He is still fondly remembered.
Pte. Albert Hill
British Army 10th (1st Gwent) Battalion South Wales Borderers
from:Newport, Mon
(d.17th January 1919)
Albert Hill is buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension on the Somme. According to the war graves commission his age when he died was 20, but his birth records show that he was still in his teens when he died, so he appears to have lied about his age to enlist, as so many did. Although he died after the end of the war he perished on active service and so never returned home after Armistice Day and rests in a military cemetery.
Pte. Alexander Hill
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Dunavernay, Ballymoney
(d.16th August 1917)
Private Alexander Hill is commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Rfmn. Arthur Hill
British Army 1st/5th Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment
from:Wetheral, Carlisle, Cumbria
(d.31st Jul 1917)
Unfortunately, we do not have any photographs of my great-grandfather, Arthur Hill. However, I have a copy of a letter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission which was addressed to my late grandfather who was searching for his father's war grave. Regrettably, no war grave was ever found so he is commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, and on the Lychgate War Memorial at his local church. From conversations with my grandfather before he died he told me that my great-grandfather was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire, but moved to Nelson in Lancashire some time afterwards.
Editor's Note: Rifleman Arthur Hill was the son of Elizabeth Hill, of 23 Hartley Street, Nelson, and the late Samuel Hill. He was the husband of Mary Elizabeth Hill, of Springhill House, Wetheral, Carlisle. He died aged 30.
Dvr. Arthur Hill
British Army 40th Division Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery
from:Islington, London
(d.30th January 1918)
Arthur Hill was my Grandfather. He joined up after two women passing him in the street handed him a white feather. He didn't know them and they didn't know him. He joined the Royal Field Artillery as the Driver of an ammunition truck.
He died from his wounds on the 30th of January 1918 and is buried in the cemetery at Achiete La Grand near Bepaume in France. He left a wife and a baby daughter. Unfortunately, his wife, my grandmother, died in the flu epidemic in the same year leaving my mother an orphan at the age of 3 years.
I have tried to research the circumstances surrounding my grandfather's death but it seems that the Regimental records were lost during the Blitz. I have visited his grave but would dearly love to know more about my Granfather's service.
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