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Private Leslie Charles Higgins served with the 2nd Airborne Battalion Ox and Bucks Light Infantry and took part in the D-Day landings to Normandy on 5-6 June 1944.Pte Higgins died on 7 June, aged 21 years old. He is now buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy.

 

 

The grave of Pte Leslie C Higgins in Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy.

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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
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The grave of Pte Leslie C Higgins in Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy.
The grave of Pte Leslie C Higgins in Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy.