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Sergeant WILLIAM SMITH PURDIE

Service Number: 1713564
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

49 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 20 February 1944

Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY

6. H. 24.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Poole Purdie and Agnes McKay Purdie; nephew of Florence Telfer, of Mill Hill, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription SOFTLY, YE WINDS, O'ER HIS DEAR YOUNG HEAD
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Buried or commemorated at

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