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Private 25B/1512 George Purnell 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 2nd Battalion
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1879graves
Posts : 3320 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Subject: Private 25B/1512 George Purnell 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 2nd Battalion Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:30 pm
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Hull Daily Mail 22 October 1934
Served in ‘F’ Company. Reduced from Lance Corporal and confined for 14 days at Rorke’s Drift 29th January 1879 (Orders Book - Rorke’s Drift, Regimental Archive). Died at Pontypool, Monmouthshire 20th October 1934. Buried at Trevethin Churchyard, Pontypool. South Africa Medal with Clasp 1879. (Regimental property). His regimental service number was 25B/1512.
He was born in Devizes, Wiltshire and in 1901 he was living in Pontypool, Monmouthshire age 46. His occupation is stated as ‘Boiler Maker’.
gardner1879
Posts : 2901 Join date : 2021-01-04
Subject: Re: Private 25B/1512 George Purnell 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 2nd Battalion Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:25 pm
Little bit more about him Andy
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Western Mail - Monday 22 October 1934
Private 25B/1512 George Purnell 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 2nd Battalion
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