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Sapper ARTHUR PURKISS

Service Number: 310937
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

3rd Field Survey Coy.

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHAPEL CORNER CEMETERY, SAUCHY-LESTREE

C. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Clara Purkiss, of Hempstead, Essex, and the late Alfred Purkiss.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

CHAPEL CORNER CEMETERY, SAUCHY-LESTREE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 178
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