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Sergeant CECIL JOSEPH PURCELL

Service Number: 591849
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

90 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMERSFOORT (OUD LEUSDEN) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 13. Row 9. Grave 185.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Margaret Purcell, of North Town, Aldershot, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON CECIL JOSEPH. O SACRED HEART, MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

AMERSFOORT (OUD LEUSDEN) GENERAL CEMETERY
Utrecht Netherlands
Number of casualties: 232
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