Researching Tim Vigors
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The name Tim means "Form of TIMOTHY. honoring God" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Tim Vigors on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Tim Vigors and the Vigors Family Tree
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Some Famous People called Tim Vigors
Tim Vigors
Wing Commander Timothy Ashmead Vigors, (22 March 1921 – 14 November 2003) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace during the Second World War, in which he fought in the Battle of Britain and in the Far East. In civilian life, Vigors began the development of the Coolmore Stud that transformed the breeding of thoroughbred racehorses.
Vigors's account of his wartime experiences was published posthumously in 2006 as Life's Too Short to Cry: The Inspirational Memoir of an Ace Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot.
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