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Staff Serjeant EDWIN PICKFORD

Service Number: 4129928
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C.

1st Wing

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

13. A. 2.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James A. and Caroline Pickford, of Gorton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription WE WONDER WHY YOU HAD TO DIE JUST WHEN WE NEED YOU MOST. YOUR LOVING PARENTS
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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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