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Able Seaman HARRY WALTER PURSSEY

Service Number: D/J59369
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Adventure.

Date of Death

Died 13 November 1939

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WOODGRANGE PARK CEMETERY, EAST HAM

Square 45. Grave 10339.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Henry and Hilda Purssey; husband of Gladys M. Purssey, of Ilford.
  • Personal Inscription BORNE AWAY FROM WAR AND SORROW TO A NOBLER WORLD ABOVE
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