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Private CHARLES WILLIAM PURDY

Service Number: 6205809
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

1/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. C. 8.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles William and Dorothy May Purdy, of Tottenham, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT OF ONE OF THE FINEST ONE OF THE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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