| Surname: | Higgins |
| Initials: | J D |
| Rank: | Pte A/LCpl |
| Army Number: | 11453 |
| Notes: | MFP. From Bristol. Formerly Pte. 9 Royal Warwickshire Regiment, No. 4/10705. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2b) Balkans, should be Gallipoli,11/9/1915. Shown as 25/7/1915 to 3/5/1916 and (4) Mesopotamia, 16/2/1916 in medal roll page B 787 Post war address: St Dunstan's, Inner Circle, Regents Park, NW. Enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. No. 4/1705, age 34 years, occupation Labourer. Transferred to MFP 15/2 1917. Served Home 19/1/1915 to 24/7/1915, Med Exp Force 25/7/1915 to 3/6/1916, Mesopotamia 4/5/1916 to 4/5/1919, Home 5/5/1919 to 23/12/1919, Class Z Reserve 24/1/1919. Info from pension index cards:- 7/MH/2384. Higgins, J David, No. P/11453, L/Cpl, MFP, 23/11/1919 discharged, born 1881, single, address: South Thoresby, Nr Alford, Lincolnshire and later 10 Burdett Street, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE 1. and Sailors Home, Falmouth. 30/4/1920 pension for malaria attr, and keratitis, aggr. (cornea inflammation). Also:- Higgins, L/Cpl, J David, P/11453, mFP, 7/MH/2384, 29/6/20. Also:- Higgins, John David, MFP, P/11453, 23/12/19 to discharge, DEAD, sto shell 1/7/24, 11/M/405622, address proper to R.11 not yet in file, Stamp: At 12/- from 30/4/20 to 13/9/20, received 26/10/20. 26/11/19 shown as being awarded £2 on the Fovant No.1 Demobilisation Acquittance Roll. John David Higgins. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette: 31562 Page: 11779 Sept. 22, 1919) |
| Citation: | Mesopotamia. Devotion to duty. Pte (A/L/Cpl). John David Higgings (note spelling on MSM card). |