{"id":19127,"date":"2023-06-30T10:24:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T10:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=19127"},"modified":"2023-06-30T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T10:25:00","slug":"caggan-leon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/caggan-leon\/","title":{"rendered":"Caggan, Leon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"name\">Leon Caggan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Gunner, Royal Artillery<br>148 (The Bedfordshire Yeo.) Field Regt.<br>Service number: 998880<br>Died 9 Aug 1945<br>Buried Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand <br>Age 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;BELOVED SON &amp; BROTHER. SO FAR AWAY BUT EVER CHERISHED IN MEMORY. 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