LEATHERHEAD WAR MEMORIALS - WWII
Leading Aircraftman Philip Douglas Razzell
Royal Air Force
Town Memorial World War II
PHILIP DOUGLAS RAZZELL
Service Number: 634943
Royal Air Force
Died 30 November 1943
Age 22 years old
Buried at
COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
2. R. 9.
Sri Lanka
Son of Douglas and Louise Gertrude Razzell, of Leatherhead, Surrey.
Personal Inscription
IN GOD'S KEEPING
Surrey Advertiser
Saturday 13 November 1943
Mr. and Mrs. D. Razzell, 31, St. John’s
Road, Leatherhead, have received news of the death in Ceylon, after a
day’s illness of their son, L.A.C. Philip Douglas Razzell, R.A.F.
Educated at Leatherhead Central School, and for many years a Leatherhead
Parish Church chorister, he joined the R.A.F. in 1940.
Leatherhead Parish Magazine
December 1943
DEPARTED FRIENDS
... Again, in sadder case, for he had not lived long, we record the death of one of our old choir-boys, Philip Razzell. He was serving with the R.A.F. in Ceylon and died after one day's illness. He was, I well remember, a good steady lad, and his loss to his mother and his father Douglas, who himself has recently been seriously ill, must be a heavy one. God grant them every consolation.
... Again, in sadder case, for he had not lived long, we record the death of one of our old choir-boys, Philip Razzell. He was serving with the R.A.F. in Ceylon and died after one day's illness. He was, I well remember, a good steady lad, and his loss to his mother and his father Douglas, who himself has recently been seriously ill, must be a heavy one. God grant them every consolation.
His life
Philip Razzell was born on 13 January 1921 in Leatherhead, Surrey.His father was Douglas Razzell, born 15 October 1879 at Leatherhead, Surrey, a son of William Lewin Razzell (1844-1910) and Mary Ann Call (1842-1936). He was a plumber.
His mother was Louisa Gertrude Steele, born 7 November 1881 in Leatherhead, Surrey. She was a daughter of Charles Steele (1847-1929) a Blacksmith from Worth, Sussex and Louisa Woolfries (1851-1904) from Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire.
Their marriage was registered In East Grinstead in Q3 1911.
Philip had a sister, Mary Louise Razzell, born 2 October 1912.
In Philip's lifetime the family lived at 4 Elizabethan Cottages, Leatherhead (1921-23) which from 1924 became 31 St John's Road, Leatherhead following renumbering of the properties.
After the war
His father died on 7 August 1970 in Leatherhead, Surrey. His Probate address was 31 St John's Road, Leatherhead,
His mother died on 6 March 1963.
Philip's sister Mary Louise died in 1989.
Philip Razzell is remembered on these memorials
Leatherhead Town Memorial
Leatherhead RBL Roll of Honour, Leatherhead Parish Church
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