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Auckland [4]

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Port Antonio [1]

Stamford, Lincolnshire, England [1]

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Second Lieutenant [3]

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S [1]

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Military Service [34]

Merchant Navy [1]

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United Kingdom [1]

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People [36] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Auckland [4] Cambridge [1] Lancashire England [1] Onehunga [1] Port Antonio [1] Stamford, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [9] Second Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Major [1] Brevet Major [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Colonel [1] Volunteer [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

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British West Indies Regiment [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Infantry [1] General List [1] Green Howards [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Nigeria Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Ordnance Depot Harve [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [19] Australian Imperial Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

P [35] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [34] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Geoffrey Thomas Purchas

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Frederic Maurice Purchas

Australian Imperial Force

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Douglas Graham Purchas

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 892506

Canadian Expeditionary Force 892506 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Osborne Purchas

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 337330 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frank Whittlesey Purchas

Australian Imperial Force 52235

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Arthur Gayon Purchas

Australian Imperial Force

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Robert Straker Turton Purchas

Born 1898

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2002509

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Ernest Charles Purchas

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur John Maurice Purchas

Australian Imperial Force N94713

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James Henry Purchas

Australian Imperial Force 3195

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Edgar Camac Purchas

Born 1862

British Army Major South Wales Borderers

British Army Brevet Major South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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John Finchette Purchas

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Reginald Purchas

Born 1887

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Gilbert James Purchas

British Army 153726 Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Robinson Chapman Purchas

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Green Howards

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Harry Purchas

British Army 225862 Private Norfolk Regiment

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George Purchas

British Army 4904 Company Quartermaster Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 4904 Warrant Officer Class 1 South Staffordshire Regiment

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Frank M Purchas

British Army 2362 Private British West Indies Regiment

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L W Purchas

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Ordnance Depot Harve

British Army Acting Major Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Frederick Spencer Purchas

British Army General List

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Nigeria Regiment

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