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James Herbert Higgins

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II James Herbert Higgins

March 2, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/89625

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

408 Sqdn.

Additional Information

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:

BATHMEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Grave 145.

Location:

Bathmen is a small village in the province of Overijssel, 9 kilometres east of the town of Deventer, and 1.5 kilometres south of the main road to Almelo. The BATHMEN GENERAL CEMETERY is about 500 metres west of the centre of the village, on the north side of the road to Deventer. The graves are in the north-eastern part.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of JAMES HERBERT HIGGINS– Official photo

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    Photo of JAMES HERBERT HIGGINS
    Photo of JAMES HERBERT HIGGINS – Official photo
  • Attestation papers– Enrolment in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 10 January 1941 with description.

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    Attestation papers – Enrolment in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 10 January 1941 with description.
  • Circumstances of death registers– Quebec Registration of Death

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Quebec Registration of Death
  • Cemetery– RCAF burials at Bathmen Cemetery.

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – RCAF burials at Bathmen Cemetery.
  • Document– Names of the crew on Halifax aircraft piloted by WO2 A. Cochrane, on the night of March 1/2, 1943.

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    Document – Names of the crew on Halifax aircraft piloted by WO2 A. Cochrane, on the night of March 1/2, 1943.
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II James Herbert Higgins is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II James Herbert Higgins is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II James Herbert Higgins is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II James Herbert 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Grave Marker

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    Grave Marker
  • Grave Marker

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