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Lance Corporal CHARLES PURDY

Service Number: 12/1321
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1916

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. D. 149.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Purdy, of Conisborough; husband of Annie Purdy, of 13, Elm Green Lane, Conisborough, Rotherham.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED A HERO
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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