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Flying Officer LAWRENCE GERARD PURCELL

Service Number: 132983
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

226 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1944

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PONT L'EVEQUE (ROUTE DE CAEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Purcell, of Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P. THE DEARLY BELOVED ONLY SON OF JOHN AND ANNIE PURCELL OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

PONT L'EVEQUE (ROUTE DE CAEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4
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