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Lance Corporal EDWARD PURCELL

Service Number: 8939
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 March 1915

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD

J. 49.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Ellen Purcell, of Monamondra, Errill, Ballybrophy, Offaly. Ten years' service.
  • Personal Inscription SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 619
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