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Sapper WILLIAM PURCELL

Service Number: 46365
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

96th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 June 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late William and Catherine Purcell, of Dublin.
  • Personal Inscription QUEEN OF THE HOLY ROSARY PRAY FOR HIM MISSED BY BROTHERS P & J PURCELL
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 671
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