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Serjeant JOHN WILLIAM PURCHES

Service Number: 7270
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1914

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

III. A. 1

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of May Purches, of 9, Sackville St., Ashton-under-Lyne.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE A SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR HIS LOVED ONES
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Buried or commemorated at

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