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Corporal SIDNEY PURNELL

Service Number: 370157
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

"B" Coy. 1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VIII. G. 29.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Thomas and Sarah Jane Purnell, of 22, Lealand Rd., South Tottenham, London.
  • Personal Inscription THINE IS THE VICTOR'S LAUREL
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Buried or commemorated at

WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3508
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