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Private HENRY FREDERICK PURSER

Service Number: 5960616
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XXVIII. G. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Henry and Rose Ellen Purser, of Upton Park, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TO-DAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER OUR DEAR SON HARRY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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