Second World War - Lynsted Memorial Project
Hubert Frank HIGGINS (of Doddington)
b. 1902 Sergeant, Service Number 294451 |
Son of Harry and Louisa Emily Priscilla Higgins, Hubert was born in Doddington in 1902 and baptised in the Parish Church on 7 September 1902. One of six children, Hubert's brother Harry was killed in WW1 at the age of 18.
In 1926, Hubert he married Francis Annie Gutteridge in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and lived in Twyford along with their two sons, Harry and Hubert.
On 9 February 1945, Hubert was posted as missing from the Royal Artillery Depot "at sea" on 18/19 January. On 22 February this was amended to him being killed in action on 18/19 January.
Hubert was originally buried at Biggekerke, Holland, on 20 April 1946. His body was later removed and reinterred in Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery.
