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.[1]
Silvert was commissioned on 8 May 1943, in the Royal Army Service Corps. [2] He later volunteered for parachute training and subsequently transferred to 716 (Airborne) Light Composite Company.[3] 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.[4]
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.[1]
Silvert was commissioned on 8 May 1943, in the Royal Army Service Corps. [2] He later volunteered for parachute training and subsequently transferred to 716 (Airborne) Light Composite Company.[3] 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.[4]
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.[1]
Silvert was commissioned on 8 May 1943, in the Royal Army Service Corps. [2] He later volunteered for parachute training and subsequently transferred to 716 (Airborne) Light Composite Company.[3] 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.[4]
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.[1]
Silvert was commissioned on 8 May 1943, in the Royal Army Service Corps. [2] He later volunteered for parachute training and subsequently transferred to 716 (Airborne) Light Composite Company.[3] 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.[4]
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