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Fusilier JAMES PURNELL

Service Number: 7021110
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

IV. F. 23.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Purnell, of Bethnal Green, London.
  • Personal Inscription A BITTER GRIEF A SHOCK SEVERE TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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