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Painter 3Rd Class CHARLES PURSEY

Service Number: C/M 5779
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Ganges

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1940

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHOTLEY ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

1. A. 8.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Ellen Pursey; husband of Susan Pursey, of Stoke Newington, London.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY WE SHALL REMEMBER. LOVING WIFE SUSIE
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Buried or commemorated at

SHOTLEY ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Suffolk United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 133
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