Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameLt John Copeland (Pandia) Zygomala Zigomala MBE, 3C2R
Birth10 Jun 1898, London, England
Death24 Aug 1919, River Dwina, Russia
MemoThe army certificate says 27-08-1919. An obituary says 25 Aug 1919.
BurialArchangel Allied Cemetery Extension (Semenovka Bereznik), Russia
Residence44 Egerton Gardens, London SW3, England
EducationHarrow. RMC Sandhurst (1915). 19th Hussars.
Note 1Also spelled Zigomala. Only child. Severely wounded at the Somme in Sep. 1916. MBE for gallant action at a bombing accident. Gazetted to the Irish Guards in 1917. France Nov. 1917. Severely wounded Mar. 1918.
Note 2Participant in the 1919 Western ‘Russian Relief Force’ invasion of Russia, in charge of wireless signalling. Awarded the Order of St Stanislas with Swords. Killed in action by an explosion on HMS Glowworm.
Note 3Michael Kelleghan writes: “... he was killed whilst in North Russia...” perhaps a bombing incident which “...may relate to grenade training as his papers show him as having attended an instructors course...”
Note 4... his MBE “... was originally a civil award, then transferred to a Military award in the London Gazette the same day 07 Jun 1918...”
Flags***, Argenti, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Caralli, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Vouro, Zygomala
FatherMajor Pandia John ‘Jack’ (John) Zygomala Zigomala (1862-1933)
MotherFrances Hilda Keppel (Charles) North CBE (1869-1946)