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Lance Corporal JOSEPH PURCELL

Service Number: 5247615
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1940

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY

7. E. 4.

Sudan

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Rachel Purcell, of Tipton, Staffordshire; husband of Elizabeth Purcell, of Tipton.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND, FATHER OF JOSEPH. ALWAYS REMEMBERED AND LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY
Sudan
Number of casualties: 842
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