In Memory Of
PITCHFORD
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
87724
Rank:
Lance Bombardier
Unit:
7 Field Regt.
Regiment:
South African Artillery
Date of Death:
1943-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. F. 2.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pitchford, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
