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Private SYDNEY MORRIS (JIM) PURSE

Service Number: 5774982
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert John and Maria Purse, of Didlington, Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF DEAR JIM. SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
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Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle France
Number of casualties: 803
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