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301 Coal Mining Accident ROPER, Joseph (I4702)
 
302 Cobbs Cemetery BOLLING, Col. John Fairfax I (I12855)
 
303 Cobbs Plantation BOLLING, Col. John Fairfax I (I12855)
 
304 Cochesett Graveyard COPELAND, Abigail (I17303)
 
305 Cockermouth Castle NEVILLE, Ralph 2nd Earl of Westmoreland (I14713)
 
306 Codnor Park COTTERILL, Sarah (I20110)
 
307 Colebrook Cemetery ADAMS, Susanna (I16770)
 
308 Colebrook Cemetery HOBART, Aaron (I17406)
 
309 Collapsed and died on her way to church TASKER, Minnie Rebecca Lewis (I50876)
 
310 Combat Report - 12th August 1940

Spitfire Mk.Ia, P9433 ‘DW-E’ On the 12th of August 1940 I was No.3 of Yellow section of A Flight, 610 Squadron. At about 08.10, after a fight with Me109s in which I did not fire, I got detached from the rest of the squadron so I climbed up to 23,000 feet.

At 08.15 I saw 6 Me109s going round in a circle about 3,000 feet below me. I came down and from a range of about 100 yards I gave a burst of 1-2 seconds. Smoke and flame came from it and it went down slightly inland

I climbed back to 23,000 feet again. At 08.25 I again saw 5 Me109s in a circle below me. I attacked one with a short burst from about 100 yards astern and saw bits fly off as it went into a spin just over the sea. 
PEGGE, Sqd. Ldr. Constantine Oliver Joseph DFC & Bar (I60374)
 
311 Common Piece BULL, Ann (I15850)
 
312 Compound fracture of the skull SKINNER, John Stuart (I14967)
 
313 Congestion of the Lungs SPRIGGINS, Sarah (I8013)
 
314 Constantine Oliver Joseph Pegge was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire in July 1914 and attended Kings School in Warwick before going on to Clark’s College at Brighton and in London.

He joined the RAF on a short service commission in August 1938.

With his training completed, he was serving with 'B' Flight of No. 1 AACU, Carew Cheriton by November 1939. He crashed Hawker Henley L3283 at Farnborough on 24th November on a ferry flight.

Pegge moved from 'B' Flight to 'J' Flight No. 1 AACU, when it was formed at Farnborough on 1st December 1939. It moved to Penrhos on 16th February 1940.

He arrived at 6 OTU Sutton Bridge on 27th May 1940 and after converting to Spitfires joined 610 Squadron at Gravesend on 16th June.

On 8th July Pegge claimed a Me109 destroyed, on 12th August two more and on the 18th a Me109 destroyed and a He111 damaged. On the return to Biggin Hill his Spitfire, R6694, was damaged by a Me109 and then further damaged by running into a bomb crater on landing. Pegge was unhurt.

On 24th August he probably destroyed a Me109, claimed another destroyed on the 28th and a He111 on the 30th. He was awarded the DFC (gazetted 22nd October 1940).

During his service with 610 Squadron at Acklington the following incident was recorded by Sgt. HD Denchfield:

'On 7th October our flight commander Joe Pegge led us off in a tight formation flying along the beaches and hopping over the dunes, heading towards Berwick. Suddenly he said, "Listen to this, you two". I looked across and he was holding a book in his right hand and flying with his left at just 100 feet. He was reading excerpts from the raunchy Kama Sutra and still managed to get over the dunes. When he was returning from honeymoon by train three of us decided to welcome him in our Spitfires, criss-crossing over the tops of the carriages at about 50 feet and in our boyish enthusiasm forgetting about telephone poles. He told us we were silly sods who had put his bride off flying for ever'.

In January 1941 Pegge was presented with a silver tray by Welwyn Garden City. The reason for this is not recorded but the family understand that it was for shooting down a Heinkel 111 which was attacking Welwyn.

On 18th May 1941 he left 610 Squadron to take up an instructor post at 57 OTU Hawarden as flying instructor. Promotion to Flight Lieutenant followed on 3rd September 1941 along with a move to 56 OTU Sutton Bridge. He commanded 610 Squadron from December 1941 until February 1942, when he was posted overseas.

He married Elizabeth Elsie Florey at Hendon in March 1942.

On 9th June Pegge was given command of 127 Squadron in the Western Desert. He destroyed a Me109 on 8th July and two Ju87s on 2nd September.

He left the squadron in April 1943 and returned to the UK.

In September 1944 Pegge went to 126 Squadron at Bradwell Bay as a supernumerary Squadron Leader. He took command of 131 Squadron at Friston in October and led it until June 1945

He was then posted to command 607 Squadron in Burma, which he did until its disbandment at Mingaladon on 19th August 1945. Pegge was awarded a Bar to the DFC (gazetted 29th January 1946).

Staying on in the RAF post-war, Pegge was granted substantive promotion to Squadron Leader with effect from August 1947 and he was granted a permanent commission on 22nd June 1948. On 11th January 1949 he was one of the surviving Battle veterans that attended the unveiling of the Battle of Britain memorial window at the Rolls Royce Works Derby.

Pegge was killed on 9th May 1950 whilst flying in Meteor F4 VT234 of the Central Fighter Establishment, West Raynham. The aircraft flew into the Wash when descending in mist and fog whilst Pegge was flying as No.2 to a course pilot.

He was buried in East Raynham Churchyard on 16th June 1950.

 
PEGGE, Sqd. Ldr. Constantine Oliver Joseph DFC & Bar (I60374)
 
315 Consumption TUCKER, Dr. Alfred Bland (I14683)
 
316 Consumption TUCKER, Lt. Col. St. George Hunter (I14693)
 
317 Consumption FITZROY, Hon. Emily Baroness Bagot (I16709)
 
318 Consumption BULL, Thomas (I18715)
 
319 Contracted an illness and died at Boarding School LITTLEFAIR, Frances Pamela (I54733)
 
320 Cottrells Lane ALLEN, Mabel Beatrice Jessie (I108)
 
321 Court 12, Cox Street STEVENSON, Margaret (I6185)
 
322 Cow Hill ALLEN, Henry (I9103)
 
323 Cow Hill MUNSLOW, Ethel Freda (I11076)
 
324 Crashed in Dakota IV near Bassein, Burma Due to A Wing Failing in Turbulence During A Transit Flight en Route to Join 52 Squadron SMEDLEY, L.A.C. Raymond (I63610)
 
325 Cropper BULL, Ann (I15295)
 
326 Cropper BULL, Eliza (I15303)
 
327 Cropper BULL, William (I15371)
 
328 Cropper BULL, Mary Ann (I15671)
 
329 Cropper BULL, Thomas (I15690)
 
330 Cropper BULL, Thomas William (I15736)
 
331 Cropper BULL, Reuben (I15758)
 
332 Cropper BULL, Mary Elizabeth (I15776)
 
333 Cropper BULL, Elizabeth Mary (I15894)
 
334 Cropper BULL, Ellen (I15976)
 
335 Cropper BULL, Sarah Elizabeth (I16006)
 
336 Cropper BULL, George (I16239)
 
337 Cropper BULL, John (I16411)
 
338 Cropper BULL, Mary Ann Potter (I16422)
 
339 Cropper BULL, Patience (I16436)
 
340 Cropper BULL, Thomas (I16446)
 
341 Cropper BULL, Thomas (I16608)
 
342 Cropper JOHNSON, William Ordish (I16689)
 
343 Cropper JOHNSON, Thomas Ordish (I16728)
 
344 Cropper BULL, Samuel (I17251)
 
345 Cropper BULL, Ellen (I17285)
 
346 Cropper BULL, Sarah (I17295)
 
347 Cropper BULL, Charles (I17921)
 
348 Cropper BULL, Ernest Frank (I18240)
 
349 Cropper BULL, Wilfred (I18269)
 
350 Cropper BULL, Edwin (I18277)
 

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