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Private E S PURCELL

Service Number: 73132
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

48th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 June 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD

III. B. 218.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick and Frances Purcell, of 169, Hampstead Rd., London, N.W.1. Native of Dublin.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS SAID "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE"
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 4580
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