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Private HERBERT WILLIAM PURSELL

Service Number: 31758
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XXIX. B. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Reuben and Alice Pursell, of 11, Lloyd Square, Bloomsbury, London. Born at King's Cross, London.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE THAN THIS HATH NO MAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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