Skip to content
Back to search results

Second Lieutenant JAMES FRED PURSE

Service Number: 205164
Regiment & Unit/Ship

General List

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARGEISA MEMORIAL

Panel 1.

Somalia (including Somaliland)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment serving with 2nd (Nyasaland) Bn. King's African Rifles
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Emily Purse, of Limbe, Nyasaland.
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.

Share and read stories
Download certificate

Buried or commemorated at