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Private J PURKIS

Service Number: 35465
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. A. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mrs. Purkis, of 65, Melbourne Rd., Tottenham, London.
  • Personal Inscription HIS MEMORY IS AS DEAR TODAY AS IN THE HOUR HE PASSED AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 658
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