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Lieutenant ERNEST CHARLES PURCHAS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

"V" Bty.

Date of Death

Died 03 March 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. H. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Col. Charles and Isabella Massey Purchas, of 39, Panton St., Haymarket, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 925
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