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Private THOMAS LEONARD PURNELL

Service Number: 492459
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

13th Kensington Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN

V. K. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Frank Raynes Purnell and Annie I. Purnell, of 40, Torrington Place, Plymouth. Born at Exeter.
  • Personal Inscription FOR GOD PROVED THEM AND FOUND THEM WORTHY FOR HIMSELF MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1921
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