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Major RICHARD GUY PURCELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

31st Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

VI. D. 31.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Col. M. H. Purcell and Mrs. C. M. Purcell, of "White House," Ferring, Worthing; husband of Dorothy Davenport (formerly Purcell); of Damerham, Salisbury.
  • Personal Inscription GOD PROVED HIM AND FOUND HIM WORTHY FOR HIMSELF
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Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2688
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