Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Edward Higginbotham
In memory of:
Sub-Lieutenant John Edward Higginbotham
February 9, 1945
Military Service
33
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S. Givenchy
Additional Information
Husband of Kathleen Higginbotham, of Lynnmour, North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 524 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VETERANS' CEMETERY (ESQUIMALT)
British Columbia, Canada
Naval Sec. Grave 231.
The Veterans' Cemetery National Historic Site is located adjacent to the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in the municipality of Esquimalt, British Columbia. On July 14, 1868 the cemetery was consecrated as a one acre Royal Navy plot. Today the site covers 2.2 acres with most of the land surrounding the cemetery owned by the Gorge Vale Golf Course. Presently the cemetery holds over 1700 graves of Canadian and Commonwealth naval and military personnel and their families. The Esquimalt Veterans' Cemetery is significant for its long history of providing a resting place for military dead.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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