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Pilot Officer ARTHUR ERNEST DIGGINS

Service Number: 183029
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

247 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

VI. F. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Ernest and Alice Maud Diggins, of Holloway, London. His brother Leslie George also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription NOT ONLY TO-DAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE THINK OF YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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