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Private ERNEST LEO FRANCES PURDY

Service Number: 5499342
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 December 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CLEETHORPES CEMETERY

Sec. G.G. Grave B.2.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Mary Purdy, of Horndean, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

CLEETHORPES CEMETERY
Lincolnshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 165
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