{"id":5568,"date":"2020-09-10T07:36:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T07:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5568"},"modified":"2021-08-23T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T13:41:39","slug":"pagin-ben","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/pagin-ben\/","title":{"rendered":"Pagin, Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Leading Aircraftman, 35 Ground Support Equipment
Service number 1391248
Died 17 May 1945
Buried Delhi War Cemetery, India
Age 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Headstone Inscription
‘IN MEMORY OF MY LOVING SON WHOSE LOSS IS DEEP IN MY HEART. MOTHER’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ben was born on 5 June 1916 in London to Annie Pagin. There is no trace of a father and it is thought that Annie’s maiden name was Minkovitz or Mincovitch and she was born in 1892 in Leeds, Yorkshire. We are searching for the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1939, Ben was living at 59 Cleveland Way, Stepney with Annie Minkovitz and he worked as a bedding upholsterer. He enlisted in 1940. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ben died on 17 May 1945 whist based at Bihar. The cause of his death is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n