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Lance Corporal DOUGLAS ALEC PURCHASE

Service Number: 7016636
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The King's Regiment (Liverpool)

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

4. B. 5.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Lilian Purchase, of Sutton, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription GOOD NIGHT, MUM AND DAD. GOOD NIGHT,DOUG.
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