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Gunner JOHN EDWARD ALFRED PURROTT

Service Number: 29413
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

20th Bde. H.Q.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1915

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

I. E. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. E. A. Moon (formerly Purrott), of 707, Alverstone St., Winnipeg, Canada, and the late John Smith Purrott. Native of Maidstone, Kent. Served in the South African Campaign.
  • Personal Inscription SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. SON OF THE LATE JOHN SMITH PURROTT MAIDSTONE, KENT, ENG.
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