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Higgs, Frank George

Date of death:
May 11th, 1940 (Vlaardingen, the Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves Vlaardingen
Plot: M. Grave: Col. 716.
Service number:
C/JX 172725
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Commander Hill, Ordinary Seamen Higgs and Goshank were killed when Loodsboot 19 hit a magnetic mine at the Nieuwe Waterweg between Vlaardingen en Maassluis in the morning of 10 May 1940. Aboard was a small part of the Dutch gold reserve, which had to be kept out of German hands.

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