The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E Higgs

Private Allen Edward HIGGS, G/2520, "D" Company, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, on or since 26th September 1915, age 20.

Born Kilburn, Middlesex, son of Heber and Harriet Higgs, of 51, St. John's Wood Terrace, London.

3rd March 1895, Sy Mark, Marylebone, Westminster, baptism of Allen Edward Higgs, son of Heber, (painter), and Harriet Higgs, 40 Elgin Terrace.

1911 Census - 51, St. John's Wood Terrace, London NW - Heber Higgs, head, age 52, married, house painter, worker, born Shepshed, Leicestershire; Harriet Higgs, wife, age 49, married 29 years, 9 children, all still alive, born Loughborough, Leicestershire; Heber Higgs, son, age 26, single, house painter, worker, born Loughborough, Leicestershire; Harriet Higgs, daughter, age 23, single, dressmaker, worker, born Loughborough, Leicestershire; Allen Edward Higgs, son, age 16, single, errand boy, grocer, worker, born Paddington, London; Archibald Frederick Higgs, son, age 14, errand boy, chemist, worker, born Willesden, London; John Herbert Cecil Higgs, son, age 11, born Marylebone, London; Mary Ethel Florance May Higgs, daughter, age 9, born Marylebone, London; Edith Gladys Higgs, daughter, age 6, born Marylebone, London.

Enlisted Marylebone, Middlesex, age 20 years & 7 months, height 5ft 8½ inches, weight 130lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair. Formerly painter.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th March 1915, Worthing, absent from billet 9.40pm until arrested by Civil Police at 1.15am at Dorking on 27th, deprived one days pay, forfeits one days pay; 14th April 1915, Redhill, absenting himself from digging area without permission, 7 days confined to Barracks; 9th May 1915, Shoreham, absent from Tattoo until found in bed on 10th, 2 days confined to Barracks, forfeits one days pay; 4th June 1915, absent from Tattoo until 3pm on 9th, deprived 6 days pay, 21 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 6 days pay; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

23rd September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Heber Higgs, 51, St. John's Wood Terrace; Mother, Harriet Higgs, 51, St. John's Wood Terrace; Brothers - William Albert, age 27, HMS Neptune; Archibald Frederick, age 22, 51, St. John's Wood Terrace; John Herbert Cecil, age 19, 51, St. John's Wood Terrace; Sisters - Louisa Hancock, age 37; Harriet Swain?, age 32; Mary Higgs, age 18, 51, St. John's Wood Terrace; Edith Gladys Higgs, age 15, 51, St. John's Wood Terrace.

28th September 1921 - Mrs H Higgs (mother) at 45 Upper Bedford Street, Brighton, Sussex.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.

NOTE; Regimental History shows one initial as "E"; Soldiers Died in the Great War shows one first name as Edward; CWGC web site shows names as Allen Edward.

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