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Corporal JOSEPH HENRY PURCHASE

Service Number: 4916406
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 March 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

VI. E. 11.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Howard Purchase and Frances Mary Purchase, of Delves, Walsall, Staffordshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIVED TO SMILE AND WITH THAT SMILE HE SERVED AND DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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