Name
Phillip John Fleet
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
27/06/1944
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
6022789
East Surrey Regiment
1/6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
I, E, 2.
Italy
Headstone Inscription
YOU'LL LIVE WITH ME IN MEMORY, UNTIL THE END OF TIME. MOTHER
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Hitchin memorials
Biography
He was born in Bedford and, at the time of enlistment, was residing in Cambridgeshire. His Service Number was 6022789 and at the time of his death he was a member of the l/6th Battalion of the Regiment.
The 1/6th Battalion of the East Surreys were part of the 10th Infantry Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division of XIII Corps. Heavy fighting had taken place as the British XIII and I Corps tried to smash their way through the German defences either side of Lake Trasimene west of Perugia in Italy. They finally secured Chiusi by the 26th June.
His grave is situated in Plot 1, Row E, Grave 2 in the Assisi War Cemetery in Italy.
He was the son of John and May Ethel Fleet of Hitchin.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, ‘Orders of Battle’ by H.F. Joslen, ‘The Battle for Italy’ by W.G.F. Jackson, ‘Second World War’ by J. Hammerton
