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Personal data

• Name PURKINS
• Initials WG
• First name Walter George
• Place of birth Ingatestone
• Country Essex
• Last residence Southall
• Family Son of William and Dorothy Purkins, of 111, Beaconsfield Rd., Southall, Middlesex.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Ealing, Middlesex
• Service number R/6342
• Rank Rifleman
• Regiment and unit 7th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
• Division - Brigade 41st Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 14th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career To France on 19 May 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds
• Date of death 5 July 1915
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery III - D - 5A

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