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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM MARSH HIGSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

II. B. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Hewitt Higson, and Annie Higson, of Marshfield, Blundellsands, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription FOR THE JOURNEY IS DONE & THE SUMMIT ATTAINED AND THE BARRIERS FALL
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Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3295
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