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In Ryde Borough Cemetery, Ryde, Isle of Wight Description Additional inscription on family headstone Grave location Old Cemetery Section M Plots 1855-1856 
click on image to enlarge Name : Arthur Channing Purnell Son of : John Alfred Purnell and Emily Blandford Purnell (née Benham), of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Born : 1881, Ryde, Isle of Wight. |
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Service Details : Captain Arthur Channing Purnell, 16th Bn., Middlesex Regiment. Inscription
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LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN ALFRED PURNELL, WHO DIED OCTOBER 6TH 1884, AGED 46 YEARS "THY WILL BE DONE" ALSO OF EMILY BLANDFORD PURNELL, WIFE OF THE ABOVE DIED NOVEMBER 18TH 1920, IN HER 81ST YEAR AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE ARTHUR CHANNING PURNELL CAPT. 16TH MIDD'X REGT. KILLED IN ACTION AT BEAUMONT HAMEL, FRANCE, JULY 1ST 1916 AGED 34 YEARS. |
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Casualty Details : Died : 1 July 1916, aged 34. Commemorated at : Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. CWGC Record |
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See Further biographical details for more information. and RSHG entry for Captain Purnell. |
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