Name
Arthur Aken Higgins
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/10/1918
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Attached 115th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY
V.H.9
Greece
Headstone Inscription
He has wakened from the dream of life
UK & Other Memorials
Stained Glass Window, Hitchin Boys Grammar School,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was the son of Mildred Akin Higgins of Harrow in Middlesex. He attended the Hitchin Grammar School, but the dates are not known.
Wartime Service
Trying to treat the tens of thousands of horses maimed and ill-treated during the Great War must have been one of the most heart-rending tasks in the Army for anyone who had any respect for animals.
At the time of his death, he was attached to the 115th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. He probably died of disease. He was buried in Plot 5, Row H, Grave 9 in the Doiran Military Cemetery in Greece. Due to poor soil conditions the gravestones are placed flat.
Additional Information
His is a private inscription on it reading “He has wakened from the dream of life”.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
