HIGGINBOTTOM Norman Edward Vaughan L/Cpl

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Surname: HIGGINBOTTOM;

Forename(s): Norman Edward Vaughan;

Initials: NEV;

Rank: L/Cpl;

Resided in: Churwell;

Previous Number: PO/1202;

Previous Regiment: RMLI;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 190 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 13-Nov-1916;

Other Data: Served with the RM Bn. in Ireland 26/4/16-14/5/16 (Irish Rebellion, "Easter Rising") ; Embarked RM Brigade 30/5/16 ; Draft for BEF 3/9/16.
Notes: Son of James & Susan Lucy Higginbottom, of The School House, Churwell, Leeds. ; ADM/171 = V.B. issued to Universal Legatee.

Leeds University Roll of Honour:
Former student of Morley Grammar School (Old Morleian). Leeds University O.T.C., February 1915. Private, "Victory" Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry; appointed Lance-Corporal, June 1916. In France from September 1916. Killed in the capture of Beaumont-Hamel, 13th November 1916

NORMAN EDWIN VAUGHAN HIGGINBOTTOM, the only
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Higginbottom, of the School
House, Churvvell, was born at Belper, and attended first in Morley
the Queen Street Wesleyan School, of which his father was then
Headmaster. Later he was transferred to Bridge Street Council
School, whence, in 1909, he won a County Minor Scholarship to
the Secondary School. From this year onwards he became
prominent in the Churwell Troop of Boy Scouts. In 1914 he
passed the Northern Universities’ Matriculation, and entered
Leeds University as a King’s Scholar.
Early in 1915 he joined the Officers’ Training Corps at the
University, but shortly afterwards transferred as a private to
the Royal Marines, in expectation of service at sea. After training
in Hampshire, he took part in putting down the Dublin rebellion
of Easter 1916, and was appointed Lance-Corporal in June.
Having volunteered for service in the Machine Gun Company,
he was sent out in the British Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force, and landed in France on the 5th of September. On the 13th
of November the same year he was killed in the German first line
during the capture of Beaumont Hamel, and is there buried in
the “ Y ” Ravine Military Cemetery.;

Other Notes: "Y" Ravine Cem, Beaumont Hamel
Higginbottom, Norman Edwin Vaughan. L-Cpl. No. PO/1202 (S) Royal Marine Light Infantry (190th Machine Gun Company, Royal Naval Division) Date of Death: 13-11-1916. Age: 20. Cemetery-Memorial: ‘Y' Ravine Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel. Spec. Memorial. C. 10. (Son of James and Susan Lucy Higginbottom, of The School House, Churwell, Leeds. B.Sc. Leeds University);

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