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Gunner JAMES EDWIN PURCEY

Service Number: L/31808
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 277th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

IV. B. 54.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Millicent Purcey, of Camberwell, London.
  • Personal Inscription SUNSHINE AND YOUTH AND LAUGHTER ALL HE GAVE IN SACRIFICE

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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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