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Major GEORGE EDWARD PURCELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Artillery

14 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS

I. H. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Francis and Edith Patience Purcell, of Colebrook, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription "BECAUSE I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO" ST. JOHN XIV.19
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Buried or commemorated at

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2049
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