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Lance Corporal GEORGE HERBERT PURPLE

Service Number: 7642378
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1943

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

IV. E. 8.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. J. Berwick; husband of Ada E. Purple, of Dereham, Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING MEMORY OF A DEVOTED HUSBAND WORTHY OF REMEMBRANCE. MOLLIE AND TERRY
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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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