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Private WALTER SLASSER PIGFORD

Service Number: 6289231
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

IV. G. 12.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Elizabeth Pigford; husband of Dorothy Pigford, of Doncaster, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD WILL LINK THE BROKEN CHAIN CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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