BIRMINGHAM PAL'S MILITARY CROSS CROSS GROUP OF FOUR TO LIEUT HARRY LESLIE HIGGINS-PLAYED FIRST CLASS COUNTY CRICKET FOR WORCESTERSHIRE-AND RUGBY FOR THE OLD EDWARDIANS

Military Cross (George V) unnamed as issued
1914/15 Star trio, named to: to 2 LIEUT H.L.HIGGINS R.WAR.R. (2nd Lieut on pair)
Medals about good very fine, on original shortened stitched ribbons
M.C. London Gazette 25th November 1916
Temp 2nd Lieutenant Harry Leslie Higgins. For conspicuous gallantry in action. "He went forward under very heavy fire to ascertain the situation. Later, on three occasions he carried most valuable reconnaissances. He was severley wounded" He was serving with Platoon no V "B" Company 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment when he won his M.C.-see The Birmingham City Battalions Book of Honour.
From Birmingham Daily Post August 7,1916 "Second Lieutenant H.L. Higgins of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, whose home is at Bournville, has been dangerously wounded on active service and is now lying in hospital in France. His parents have been sent for to see him, and the latest report is that although his injuries are serious, there is hope of his recovery. A few years ago Second Lieutenant Higgins was well known as an Old Edwardian footballer"
Higgins was also a first class Cricketer who played 98 matches in the 1920's He also played in a "Players v Gentlemen" game in 1922.
He scored a total of 3,437 runs for Worcestershire, also playing in a Worcestershire v West Indies match on 29th August 1923.
Higgins died on 19th September, 1979
Sold with research, copied photos, etc. and much more information about Higgins cricketing career can be found online. Also a report from a Rugby game that Higgins played whilst in the Army, praising his skills as an outside- half
A good Birmingham Pal's M.C. group to a first class cricketer, and Rugby player

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