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L/Cpl. Arthur Felsted Patchett
British Army 1st Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:635 Leeds and Bradford Road, Leeds
(d.27th February 1945)
Arthur Patchett was born 1923 in Bramley, Yorkshire, his father was
Herbert Patchett and his mother was Nellie Felstead, she died 1989 in Leeds, Yorkshire, having raised 3 daughters.
Arthur was captured in 1940 at Dunkirk and was buried on Tuesday, 27th of February 1945, Age 21 in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
His father Herbert, who was in the Pioneer Corps, died in 1940 aboard the SS Lancastria a troop ship evacuatiing soldiers from France.
He was my father's half brother but sadly they never knew each other.