Company Serjeant Major A/17117 Joseph HIGGINBOTTOM
20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Killed in Action, Sunday 27th August 1916, France, Age 29
Home address:
11 Norman Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1887, Bury, Lancashire
Parents:
Sarah Higginbottom and Squire Higginbottom
11 Norman Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Cotton Weaver
Enlisted:
Manchester, Lancashire
Remembered:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, pier 13 or 14.
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:
In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Com.-Sergt. Joseph Higginbottom, 20th Manchester.
From father and mother, sisters and brothers.
From father and mother, sisters and brothers.