Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Brighstone St Mary the Virgin Cemetery -
- E Higgins -

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR MOTHER
ELIZABETH HIGGINS
WHO FELL ASLEEP DEC 6, 1929
ALSO OF OUR DEAR FATHER
EDWARD HIGGINS, LDG. SMN. R.N.
H.M.S. "TIPPERARY" KILLED IN ACTION
AT BATTLE OF JUTLAND, JUNE 1 1916
"IN GOD'S KEEPING"

ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY

Friday, June 9, 1916 Page 1

The casualties in the great Naval battle of May 31st include a good number of Isle of Wight men and others having relatives on the Island. We regret to hear of the death of one or two Ventnor men, and desire to express the deepest condolence with the families. Sub-Lieut. Eynon Ll. Jones, R.N.R. who went down in the Indefatigable, was the only son of Mr. and the late Mrs. Evan Jones, formerly of Trentham, Spring Gardens. Able Seaman Walter Burden, of the Queen Mary, whose name appears in the list of casualties on that ship, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Burden, Longdown, Ventnor. Leading Seaman E. Higgins is supposed to have been on the Tipperary. He was a coastguard at Ventnor for several years, and had a wide circle of friends in the town. Seaman George White, son of the late Petty Officer E.G. White and of Mrs. Snow, of Temperance Cottage, Bonchurch, was killed in action in the recent Naval battle. His father was on H.M.S. Bruiser when he volunteered for special service boat's crew and was drowned at Smyrna 16 years ago. He was buried at Smyrna. Among the saved on the Queen Mary is Midshipman J.L. Storey, whose sister is the matron at Elm Dene, St. Lawrence. He spent shore leave here recently.

ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY

Friday, June 16, 1916 Page 1

The name of Leading Seaman E. Higgins was on Monday included in the official list of those lost on H.M.S. Tipperary. As we stated last week, Mr. Higgins was attached to the Coastguard at Ventnor for several years. He was a frequent singer at local social gatherings and much respected for his generosity of character and good nature. The deepest sympathy has been extended to his young wife and family.