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Sergeant HARRY EDWARD PARNELL

Service Number: 540107
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOWDEN-LE-WEAR CEMETERY

Sec. B. Grave 197.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Horace and Florence Mary Parnell; husband of Mary Elizabeth Parnell, of Howden-le-Wear.
  • Personal Inscription THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
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Buried or commemorated at

HOWDEN-LE-WEAR CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 3
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