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Military service
Age:
35
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Death:
November 25, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Special Memorial 28.
Additional information
Youngest son of the late Col. Edward Wighton (Royal Field Artillery) and Anna Rose Wighton, of Calcutta, India.
Digital gallery of Captain Charles Wighton
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Gravestone of Charles Wighton
Youngest son of Colonel Edward and Anna Rose Wighton of Calcutta, India. -
The Azmak Cemetery
The Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Turkey. -
Badge
In memory of the men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who served during World War 1 and did not return home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Page
In memory of the men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who served during World War 1 and did not return home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Charles Wighton
In memory of the men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who served during World War 1 and did not return home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of CHARLES WIGHTON
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Rooms Archives and Museum St Johns Newfoundland. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Charles Wighton
Digital gallery of
Captain Charles Wighton
Digital gallery of
Captain Charles Wighton
Digital gallery of
Captain Charles Wighton
Digital gallery of
Captain Charles Wighton
Digital gallery of
Captain Charles Wighton
Digital gallery of
Captain Charles Wighton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 133 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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