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Corporal JOSEPH PURCHASE

Service Number: 3957278
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welch Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 December 1943

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCONA WAR CEMETERY

III. F. 6.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Hannah Purchase, of Pontardulais, Glamorgan; husband of Catherine Jane Purchase, of Hendy, Pontardulais.
  • Personal Inscription HIS MEMORY IS MY GREATEST TREASURE IN MY HEART HE WILL LIVE FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1021
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