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Private RICHARD SPURRELL

Service Number: 1745
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 January 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

O. IV. G. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Moses Spurrell, of Butter Cove, Random, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Native of Heart's Ease, Trinity Bay.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE AND DIE FOR ONE'S BELOVED LAND IS NOT IN VAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 8685
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