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Lance Corporal THOMAS KITCHENER PURKISS

Service Number: 6916715
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 June 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

10. D. 5.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Edith Purkiss, of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription I LOVED HIM THEN I LOVE HIM STILL HIS VACANT PLACE NO ONE CAN FILL. EDITH
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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