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Leading Seaman THOMAS ERIC PURCELL

Service Number: P/JX 150133
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Brocklesby

Date of Death

Died 17 January 1947

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHEFFIELD (SHIREGREEN) CEMETERY

Sec. A. (Cons.). Grave 957.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Vera Purcell, of Parson Cross, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription TO THE WORLD YOU WERE JUST ONE TO ME YOU WERE THE WORLD
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Buried or commemorated at

SHEFFIELD (SHIREGREEN) CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 69
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