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Flight Sergeant WILLIAM EDGAR PILBOROUGH

Service Number: R/56441
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

35 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 7. E. 1-5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William Pilborough, and of Gertrude J. Pilborough, of Chateauquay Basin, Province of Quebec, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription DEMOCRACY, THAT IS SO WELL WORTH DYING FOR, MUST BE MADE WORTH LIVING FOR
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Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Vlaams-Brabant Belgium
Number of casualties: 1018
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