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Private HENRY PURSEY

Service Number: 7827
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Berkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1914

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY

A2. 6.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Alexander (formerly Pursey), of Brookside Cottage, Barkham Rd., Wokingham, Berks, and the late Charles Pursey.
  • Personal Inscription WEEP NOT FOR HIM BUT PRAY, REPENT HE IS NOT OURS, BUT ONLY LENT FROM MOTHER & SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 145
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