Harold George Purkiss

Rank: Private

Regiment: 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Parents: Mr George Robert & Mrs Alice C Purkiss

Parent’s Address: 16 Brook Street, Hastings

Aunt: Miss Jess Pearson

Aunt’s Address: 61 Canute Road, Hastings

Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 23rd November 1918 reads; “Killed in action on October 31st”

According to CWGC, Harold died aged 19 on 30th August 1918 and is remembered at Upton Wood Cemetery, Hendecourt-Les-Cagnicourt, grave reference B.2. Harold’s Canadian Army service records can be viewed for free by searching here.

Published: September 1918

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