Grave of James Higgins

Name: James Higgins

Number: Not known

Rank: Private

Unit: Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Vulture

Date of Death: June 1854

Location: Engleska Parken, Kokkola

Country: Finland

Notes: Deaths occurred during attempted landing by Marines and sailors against Finnish and Tsarist forces during Crimea campaign at Gamla Carleby ( Kokkola ). Landing attempt proved to be a fiasco with 18 British dead and 30 taken prisoner. See also entry 847. Inscription: Inscription in Finnish shows following names: Nathanael Morphy - Officer, Robert Tuell, William Collins, George Wilson, William Wedge, James Westake, Walter Grub, Robert Rendell, James Higgins