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Flying Officer PHILIP HARRIS LEAVER

Service Number: 54736
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1946

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SWINDON (WHITWORTH ROAD) CEMETERY

Sec. L. Grave 701.

United Kingdom

54736 FLYING OFFICER PHILLIP HARRIS LEAVER ROYAL AIR FORCE Date of death: 16th February 1946 Age: 24 The headstone is clean & legible. No apparent damage. Grass grave is tidy & clear of detritus. In front of headstone are two vases & a metal poppy. Nothing untoward to report. No action by CWGC required.

Photographer: Eain Findlay

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harold John and Genevieve May Leaver, of Kensington, London.
  • Personal Inscription FROST, WITH A GESTURE, STAYS THE WAVES THAT DANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

SWINDON (WHITWORTH ROAD) CEMETERY
Wiltshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 51
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