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Guardsman DEREK ROY PURCHASE

Service Number: 2738156
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY

VIII. D. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Roy and Elizabeth Purchase, of New Park, Harrogate, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription FOREVER YOUNG IN LIFE, FOREVER BELOVED IN OUR HEARTS, A DEVOTED SON
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 809
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