Son of Joseph and Lilla Higginbottom, of 12, Mill Brow, Worsley, Lancashire. Formerly employed as a clerk at the Bridgewater Offices. Enlisted August 1914. Captured prisoner of war April 1918 at St. Quentin. Died from influenza in the Imperial Fortress Hospital, Strasbourg.
Higginbottom, Walter –
Personal details
- Surname: Higginbottom
- Forename: Walter
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Worsley, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Worsley, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 25
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: October 7th, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Unit: 2nd/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 200224
- Regiment: Not known
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Patricroft, Lancashire
- Conflict: Not known
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- CWGC Memorial: Cronenbourg French National Cemetery, Bas-Rhin, France
- CWGC reference: Allied. 3. 119.
Local newspaper entries
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 04/10/1918 13/12/1918 27/12/1918