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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British Army general (1873–1954)}}<br />
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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name=Harold Higginson<br />
|birth_date=10 November 1873<br />
|birth_place= India<br />
|death_date=30 October 1954<br />
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|allegiance= [[United Kingdom]]<br />
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|rank= [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]]<br />
|branch= [[British Army]]<br />
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|commands=2nd Bn, [[Royal Dublin Fusiliers]]<br />[[53rd Brigade (United Kingdom)|53rd Brigade]]<br />[[12th (Eastern) Division]]<br />[[17th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|17th Infantry Brigade]]<br />[[2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Infantry Brigade]]<br />British Troops in [[Ceylon]]<br />[[55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division]] <br />
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Harold Whitla Higginson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|DSO1}} (10 November 1873 – 30 October 1954) was a [[British Army]] officer.<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Born the son of Colonel Theophilus Higginson and educated at [[St Lawrence College, Ramsgate]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], Higginson was commissioned into the [[Royal Dublin Fusiliers]] in 1894.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatwar.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/The-Blue-Cap-14.pdf|title=Major-General H. W. Higginson CB, DSO and Bar, Royal Dublin Fusiliers|first=Professor Peter |last=Simkins|publisher=Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association|date=1 December 2007|accessdate=31 May 2020}}</ref> After seeing action in the [[Second Boer War]], he became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] in June 1915 during the [[World War I|First world War]] and was appointed a Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] on 14 January 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12894|page=91|date=17 January 1916|city=e}}</ref> He became commander of [[53rd Brigade (United Kingdom)|53rd Brigade]] on 2 May 1916 and saw action during the [[Battle of the Somme]] in autumn 1916 and the [[Battle of Passchendaele]] in autumn 1917.<ref name=bio/> He became General Officer Commanding [[12th (Eastern) Division]] in April 1918 and, after commanding his division at the [[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Battle of Amiens]] in August 1918,<ref name=bio/> was awarded a [[Medal bar|bar]] to his DSO on 18 September 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=13322|page=3289|date=18 September 1918|city=e}}</ref> He continued to command his division during the [[Hundred Days Offensive]] in autumn 1918 and was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[1919 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=13375|page=2|date=2 January 1919|city=e}}</ref><br />
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After the war, he became commander of [[17th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|17th Infantry Brigade]] at [[Cork (city)|Cork]] in Ireland in November 1919: this was a troubled time in the city leading up to the [[Burning of Cork]] by the [[Black and Tans]] in December 1920.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZLV7wH2qe4C&pg=PA19|title=The Burning of Cork|first1= Gerry |last1=White|first2=Brendan |last2=O'Shea|page=19|publisher=Mercier Press|year=2006|isbn=978-1856355223}}</ref> His last appointments were as commander of [[2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Infantry Brigade]] at [[Aldershot]] in February 1922, [[General Officer Commanding, Ceylon|Officer Commanding the British Troops in Ceylon]] in 1924 and General Officer Commanding [[55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division]] in September 1928 before retiring in September 1932.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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