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Rifleman W G PURKINS

Service Number: R/6342
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 July 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

III. D. 5A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Dorothy Purkins, of 111, Beaconsfield Rd., Southall, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription GONE FROM US BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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