Wilfred Algernon Higgins

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.

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

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