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Private ROY SIDNEY PURNELL

Service Number: 5498235
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

19. A. 15.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sydney Arthur and Elsie Emily Purnell, of Ryde, Isle of Wight.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
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