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Lance Corporal JACK PURSE

Service Number: 2987094
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SIDON WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 2.

Lebanese Republic

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 11 Commando.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Bertha Elizabeth Purse, of Gleadless, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription "TO SET THE CAUSE ABOVE RENOWN, TO LOVE THE GAME BEYOND THE PRIZE"
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Buried or commemorated at

SIDON WAR CEMETERY
Lebanese Republic
Number of casualties: 185
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