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Lance Corporal GEORGE HARRY PURTON

Service Number: 10442
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 August 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row A. Grave 50.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Harry Purton, of Boxmoor, Hertfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS COUNTRY CALLED HE ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE FROM DEAR MOTHER.
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