HIGGINBOTTOM,+H.+H.

Higginbottom, Henry Hedley, Private, 460960, 61st Battalion, Canadian Infantry Served as Henry Hedley Born Derby Enlisted Winnipeg, Manitoba Died of sickness 6th December 1915 aged 57 Son of Sarah Higginbottom, of "Holmesdale," Borrowash, England, and the late William Higginbottom; husband of the late Edith Higginbottom. Buried in Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery, Manitoba, Canada

Canadian Army Service records information: Henry was born in Derby, England, stating his date of birth of to be 14th June, 1871. He enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 30th June, 1915, and gave his occupation as an assistant veterinary surgeon. His next of kin was Mrs. S. Pilling, of Borrowash, Derbyshire, England. He had previously served for thirteen and a half years with the 19th Hussars and with the Bechuanaland Police. He was five feet nine inches tall, had a dark complexion, blue eyes and black and grey hair, and belonged to the Church of England. He had a tattoo of an anchor on his right arm, and a tattoo of the stars and stripes on his left arm.


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