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Serjeant PHILLIP STEPHEN PURCELL

Service Number: 843261
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. F. 9.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Margaret Purcell, of North Town, Aldershot, Hampshire. His brother Cecil Joseph also fell.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON "STEVE". ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD R.I.P.
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