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Rifleman RICHARD JOHNSON PURNELL

Service Number: 666
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1916

Age 45 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SCARBOROUGH (MANOR ROAD) CEMETERY

O. 10. 26.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late George Purnell; husband of Harriet Purnell, of 7, Back, Mill Hoy, Haworth, Keighley.
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Buried or commemorated at

SCARBOROUGH (MANOR ROAD) CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 94
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