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1944 - 1949
The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB KILLED IN ACTION
Private
GEORGE
CONNELL
2983589
COMPANY -
Researching
Original Regiment joined (Based on their Service No)
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Date of death
Friday, July 13, 1945
Location (from War Diary)
Germany
Family details
Son of Samuel Connell (Dyer) & Margaret Connell (deceased). Husband of Dorothea V. Connell (nee Bews), of Paisley.
HIS STORY
George Connell was born in 1920 in Paisley, Scotland.
His death was a tragic accident when he and a couple of friends set out to sea on an old Seaplane Float on the 13th July 1945.
He and his friends bodies were found over the next couple of weeks. George was 25 and had been married for 2 years.
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IN MEMORIUM
Where he rests
Memorial
PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY
Compt. 3. Grave 260.
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