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Name: HIGGS, Roy Boteville
Nee: son of Cecil Higgs, twin of Cecil Boteville Higgs
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1919 Nairobi
Death Date: 14 May 1941 Battle of Uaddara
Last Date: 1941
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, CWGC, Barnes, KR
War Service: EA Recce Regt.
School: Prince of Wales
General Information:
CWGC - Nairobi (Forest Road) Cemetery - Lance Corporal Roy Boteville Higgs, LF/689, East African Reconnaissance Regiment. 14th May 1941. Age 22. Son of Cecil and Florence Eiffel Herron Higgs, of Nairobi, Kenya. Block 16. Grave 92.
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Roy Boteville Higgs, British, age 22, died 14/5/41. Inscription: In Loving Memory of L/CPL Roy Boteville Higgs; 1st E. A. Armoured Car Regt.; Died of Wounds Received in Action; May 14th 1941; Aged 22 Years; [East African Reconnaissance Regiment]
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 689)
Battle of Uaddara - was in an armoured car which took a direct hit from A/T gun. Same vehicle as Hasluck, Migeot, Steenkamp (died of wounds later)