Wilfred Algernon Higgins

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Lieutenant-Commander Wilfred Algernon Higgins, (12 July, 1893 – 2 August, 1926) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Higgins passed out of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in April, 1910 ranked 57th of 77 cadets in marks on the Part I examination.[1]

Higgins was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1916.

Higgins was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 May, 1924.

He died of heat stroke while in command of the river gunboat Teal and was buried in Shanghai.

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Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry V. Hudson
Captain of H.M.S. Brisk
21 Jan, 1919[2] – 11 Jul, 1919
Succeeded by
Wilfred A. Higgins
Preceded by
Wilfred A. Higgins
Captain of H.M.S. Brisk
30 Jul, 1919[3] – Oct, 1919
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Aubrey C. Thursfield
Captain of H.M.S. Teal
27 Jan, 1925[4] – 2 Aug, 1926
Succeeded by
Donal B. O'Connell

Footnotes

  1. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 30, 1910; pg. 5; Issue 39260.
  2. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 745.
  3. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 745.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 274.