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Francis Joseph Higgins

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Francis Joseph Higgins

June 26, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/98109

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

427 Sqdn.

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Medal

Additional Information


Son of Abraham and Mary Higgins, of Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 170 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

GORSSEL GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Row A. Grave 10.

Location:

Gorssel is a small town 8 kilometres north of Zutphen, on the main road to Deventer. The cemetery is in the southern part of the town on the western side of the road to Zutphen, in Gelderland. The British plot is close to the entrance on the left of the main path. A number of Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in the fighting which liberated Gorssel in April 1945 were buried in the British plot at the time. They have since been moved to the Canadian War Cemetery at Holten.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Francis Joseph Higgins is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Francis Joseph Higgins is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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