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Stanley James Rigden

In memory of:

Sergeant Stanley James Rigden

April 28, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

R/109302

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

419 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Harry and Annie Rigden; husband of Elizabeth Frances Rigden, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 428 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MAASTRICHT GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Row 1. Grave 85A.

Location:

Maastricht is a large town on the River Maas, close to the Belgian frontier, 40 kilometres north of Liege in Belgium. The MAASTRICHT GENERAL CEMETERY is some 3 kilometres south-west of the town on the west side of the road to Tongres, in Belgium. The war graves are in an extension on the north-east side of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker– 22 April 2018, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca
  • Memorial– Sergeant Stanley James Rigden is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Stanley James Rigden is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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