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Pilot Officer CHARLES PIGDON

Service Number: 52071
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

11 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1943

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM

1. C. 3.

Bangladesh

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Charles and Eleanor Annie Pigdon, of Darlington, Co. Durham; husband of Olive Pigdon, of Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription EACH SUNSET BRINGS US ONE DAY NEARER. SADLY MISSED BY LOVING MOTHER & DEAR WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM
Bangladesh
Number of casualties: 755
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