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Private GEORGE PURSLOW

Service Number: 19447
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

"D" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. K. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Purslow, of Harpurhey; husband of Jane Ann Purslow, of 14, Boardman St., Harpurhey, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2480
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