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Second Lieutenant HAROLD ARTHUR PURKIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

111th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 28 July 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POND FARM CEMETERY

C. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Purkis, of 37, Troutbeck Rd., New Goss, London.
  • Personal Inscription ELDER SON OF MR. & MRS. ARTHUR PURKIS OF NEW CROSS,LONDON
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Buried or commemorated at

POND FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 301
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