British Army Veterinary Corps
Arthur Akin HIGGINS
Captain
Died 25 October 1918 · Aged 32
His story
Captain Arthur Akin Higgins MRCVS was the son of Mrs Mildred Akin Higgins of Harrow, Middlesex.
He was educated at the Lower School of John Lyon, Harrow from 1895 to 1900 and later at Hitchin Grammer School, Hertfordshire. He qualified MRCVS from the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College in May 1910.
He was commissioned as a temporary Lieutenant in the Army Veterinary Corps in October 1916 and served for two years in the Balkans where he was attached to 115th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was promoted to Captain.
He died of bronchial pneumonia following influenza aged 32 on 25th October 1918 a month after the declaration of peace on the Balkan front.
He is buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
Before the war
- Nationality
- British
- Date of Birth
- 11 December 1885
- Place of Birth
- Calcutta, India
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- Edinburgh - May 1910
Military service
- Last Rank
- Captain
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Secondary Regiment
- Royal Field Artillery
- Secondary Unit
- 115th Brigade
- First Theatre of War
- Greece
Medals and commemoration
- Name on RCVS Honour Board
- Yes
- Name In Officers who died in Great War
- No
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal 1914-1918; Victory Medal
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 25 October 1918
- Age at Death
- 32
- Place of Death
- Salonika, Greece
- Cemetery
- Dorian Military Cemetery
- Location
- Greece
- Grave Reference
- V.H.9
- Commonwealth War Grave
- Yes - Pedestial Marker
- Emblem or Badge on Headstone
- Cross
Sources and further reading
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Arthur Akin Higgins”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/arthur_akin_higgins/.
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