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Private W PURBRICK

Service Number: 11763
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

II. A. 34A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. M. A. Purbrick, of 20, Cathay St., Union Rd., Rotherhithe, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE WILL HOLD ME FAST
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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