HIGGINS, Lt.-Col. Fergus H.G., c. 1977-1983

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Comprises:

(fols. i-xi) address card, personal data sheet, and correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP)
(fols. 1-9) transcript of tape-recorded responses to aide-mémoire.

Dates

Creation: c. 1977-1983

Extent

9 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1734 (202)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Lt.-Col. F.H.G. Higgins, son of an Army officer. Educated at Eton College. Obtained a commission in the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, 1934, and served with the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF), 1935-1949.

2 Nigerian Regiment, Nigeria, Kenya, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Somaliland, and Gold Coast (Ghana), 1939-1942; 14 Nigerian Regiment, Lagos, 1942-1943; Staff, Nigeria, 1947-1949.