Philip Silvert

Lieutenant Philip Silvert was an English officer of the British Army who died during the Second World War.
He was born in 1916, in Prestwich, the son of Barnett David and Sophia Silvert (née Fraser), of Lithuania and Russia, respectively. After studying at a Jewish school and in London, Silvert started working in his father's grocer's shop.Roll of Honour, stenecourt.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
Silvert was commissioned on 8 May 1943, in the Royal Army Service Corps. The London Gazette (36058), p. 2766. 18 June 1943, thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2015. He later volunteered for parachute training and subsequently transferred to 716 (Airborne) Light Composite Company.Phillip Silvert, paradata.org.uk Retrieved 27 July 2015. On 6 June 1944, Silvert parachuted into Normandy on D-Day with three officers and 59 other ranks from his company, and was killed in action.716 Light Composite Company, RASC, pegasusarchive.org. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
He is buried in Ranville War Cemetery.
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*Phillip Silvert, cwgc.org. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
Category:1916 births
Category:1944 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of Lithuanian descent
Category:British people of Russian descent
Category:Buried in France
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