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Private ARTHUR JAMES PURCHELL

Service Number: 10254
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Berkshire Regiment

"D" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOUAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Joint grave. H. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John James and Mary J. Purchell, of 57, Brunswick St., Reading.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

DOUAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 640
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