| Charles Edmund Brighton was born about 1921 in the Fivemiletown area.
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| Charles served with the Royal Air Force in World War Two.
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| On Friday 14th March 1941, whilst home on leave, Leading Aircraftman Charles Edmund Brighton was killed in a road accident at Corralongford. He was killed when a military lorry in which he was a passenger crashed on the Fivemiletown Brookeborough road at Corralongford.
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| From the Impartial Reporter dated 20th March 1941:
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| BRIGHTON 14th March 1941, as the result of an accident. Charles Edmund Brighton, Air Gunner, Royal Air Force, dearly loved grandson of Louise A Hackett, Fivemiletown. Deeply regretted by his sorrowing mother, grannie, uncle, aunt and family.
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The call was sudden, the blow severe,
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To part with one we loved so dear;
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It was Gods will, we will not complain,
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But trust in God to meet again.
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| From the Impartial Reporter dated 20th March 1941: Fivemiletown Tragedy Young Man Killed Off Lorry
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| Charles Edmund Brighton, aged 20, a native of Fivemiletown, who was home on leave, was killed on Friday when a military lorry in which he was a passenger crashed on the Fivemiletown Brookeborough road at Corralongford.
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| Charles Edmund Brighton was the grandson of Louise A Hackett, Fivemiletown. He was also the nephew of Mrs M G Wiltshire of Fivemiletown.
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| Leading Aircraftman Charles Edmund Brighton is buried in Fivemiletown Church of Ireland Churchyard.
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| Leading Aircraftman Charles Brighton is commemorated locally on Fivemiletown War Memorial.
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| Leading Aircraftman Charles Brighton is listed on page 98 of the Fivemiletown book, from which these details come from. Many thanks to Mark Byers for the information.
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| The CWGC record Leading Aircraftman Charles Edmund Brighton as the nephew of Mrs M G Wiltshire of Fivemiletown,
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