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Corporal CHARLES EDWIN PURKIS

Service Number: G/25993
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

XIX. J. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Purkis, of 32, Thoday St., Cambridge.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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