191 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND HIGGINS, Richard Gordon Richard was born in Turnberry Township, Huron County, Ontario on January 12, 1895. He was from a family of six children. He married after he was called to service. Richard enlisted in the Army (Regular Force), in London, Ontario, at the age of 23, on May 22, 1918. He trained at Carling Heights with the 1st Depot Battalion of the Western Ontario Regiment. He was with three other local boys who returned home together for a visit before their expected trip overseas in August. However, the war was winding down and they were not deployed. He was discharged from service on January 15, 1919. He returned to the area and home and took over the family farm. He had four sons. Richard passed away on November 22, 1983 and is buried in Brandon Cemetery in Belgrave, Ontario. HIGNELL, Robert Anderson “Bob” Bob was born inWindsor, Ontario on May 12, 1926. After enlisting in the RCNVR on January 17, 1944, in his seventeenth year, Stoker First Class Bob Hignell served aboard HMCS Skeenaand HMCS La Hulloise. He was released on December 20, 1945. After the war, he worked for Bell Canada, starting in 1946 until his retirement in 1984. Bob married Sarah J. (Joan) Gurman on January 25, 1947, and together they had seven children and eight granddaughters. Bob enjoyed playing hockey, softball, camping and gardening. He was a proud life member for over fifty years of the Brant Naval Veterans Association. He passed away on May 26, 2001 and is buried in Brantford’s Oakhill Cemetery. HILL, Ambrose Martin Ambrose was born on May 13, 1876, in Bruce County, toWilliam and Jane (Hunter) Hill. He went to school until 14 years of age, then worked on a farm until taking a job at the broom factory. In 1905, he married Sarah Elizabeth Strachan. They had six children: Annie, James, Lorenzo, Jesse Jane (died in infancy), Ambrose Jr. (died in infancy) and Margaret. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the 160th Bruce Battalion, CEFA Company on January 2, 1916. He fought in France with the 47th Battalion for six months at Récourt/Saudemont, Mont Drury until September 3, 1918, when he was gravely wounded in action. They were advancing toward the Canal du Nord when they were subjected to very hostile German artillery fire, heavy explosives mixed with gas. His injuries were a gunshot wound/shrapnel to the head, fractured skull and shrapnel wounds to his right hip. He was hospitalized in England until March 1919 and then transferred back to a Canadian hospital in Ontario and discharged on May 9, 1919. He was awarded a “good conduct badge” for his wartime effort. He died in 1930 at the age of 53 at the Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario, suffering from complications of his war injuries.
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