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Private JOHN JAMES PURSER

Service Number: 14552338
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

4. D. 7.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Minnie Purser, of Heol Las, Swansea.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE'S LAID DOWN BUT WE CAN'T FORGET THAT HE'S OUR SON NOW HE'S GONE TO REST
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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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