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Private CHARLES PURSE

Service Number: 14128
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

VII. D. 25.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Minnie Purse, of 12, St. Augustine Road, Southsea, Hants.
  • Personal Inscription A NOBLE LIFE AND A GLORIOUS DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1182
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