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Private ERNEST WILLIAM PURKISS

Service Number: 48338
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

V. C. 13.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Julia Purkiss, of Howe St., Finchingfield, Braintree, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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