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Pte. Henry John Higgins

British Army 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment

from:Poplar, East London

(d.5th Dec 1915)

Harry Higgins was born in 1882 in Poplar, East London. He married Sarah Ann Moore in 1903. He had three daughters, the eldest my grandmother at 9 years old, and the youngest was only 1 when he enlisted in April 1915.

He was sent to Gallipoli as a reinforcement for the 2nd Battalion, he received a gunshot wound to the head on landing and died on board HMHS Delta on 5th of December, the same day he arrived. He was buried at sea.



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