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Serjeant JOHN EDWARD PURLING

Service Number: 5777527
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THURTON (ST. ETHELBERT) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

Headstone

Photographer: Andrew Seed

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William E. B. Purling and Mabel G. F. Purling, of Thurton; husband of Emma Purling, of Swafield.
  • Personal Inscription A SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND, FATHER AND MAN DEARLY LOVED. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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