Information from the Roll of Honour
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Parish
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Surname
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Initials
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Award
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Rank
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Ship or Regiment
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Place of Death
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Date of Death
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Colyton
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Purse
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Harold
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Pte.
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Devon Regt.
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17
February
1917
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An asterisk * in the Place of Death indicates an hospital death
A double asterisk ** in the Place of Death indicates the record is annotated with Missing
Further Information from Contributors
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RoH Ref.
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2033
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Forename
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Harold Benjamin Solway
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Surname
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Purse
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Rank or Rating
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Service Number(s)
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2859
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Father
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George Chick Purse
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Mother
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Mary Ann (nee Solway)
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Wife
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Date of Birth
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1898
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Where Born
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Colyton, Devonshire
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Date Baptised
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Ship or Regiment
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Devonshire Regiment, 1st/4th Battalion
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Date of Death
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17
February
1917
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Place of Death
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Baghdad
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Grave or Memorial
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Remarks
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Contributor
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PB, John Cochrane, Colyton Parish History Society