Family group:

Pair: Private E. Higginbottom, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (30062 Pte., D. of Corn. L.I.)

Five: Stoker 2nd Class E. Higginbottom, Royal Navy, who was among those lost on the occasion of the sinking of H.M.S. Repulse in December 1941
1939-45 Star, this privately and recently inscribed, ‘D/LX23226 Sto. 2Cl. E. Higginbottom R.N. H.M.S. Repulse K.I.A. 10/12/1941’; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, these privately and recently inscribed, ‘D/LX23226 Sto. 2Cl. E. Higginbottom R.N. H.M.S. Repulse’, mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (7) £160-200

Ernest Higginbottom, the son of Ernest and Winifred Higginbottom of Denton, Lancashire, and the husband of Elsie, also of Denton, was among those lost on the occasion of the sinking of H.M.S. Repulse on 10 December 1941. Operating out of reach of air cover from Singapore, in company with the battleship Prince of Wales and some destroyers, Repulse, like her larger consort, fell victim to enemy dive bombers and torpedo bombers, the demise of both capital ships being complete within half an hour. Higginbottom has no known grave and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Together with an original H.M.S. Repulse Christmas Card, inscribed to ‘Dad & Kids’ from ‘Ernie’.