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Sergeant GEORGE ALBERT PURCELL

Service Number: 1475172
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

12 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY

5. C. 26.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George A. Purcell and Mabel Purcell, of Plumstead, London.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Berlin Germany
Number of casualties: 3864
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