Purchon, Cyril

BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 1897. SON OF GEORGE EDWIN PURCHON (1864-1934) & SARAH ELIZABETH (PETTMAN) (1868-1925), OF 3 GILBERT STREET, GILLETT STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND THREE BROTHERS LOST IN THE WAR. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT HULL FISH DOCKS BEFORE THE WAR AND WAS VERY POPULAR.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 12/06/1917, AGED 20.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/06/1917. *
HIS BROTHER,  JOHN EDWARD PURCHON, 10 HUSSARS, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 11/11/1914, AGED 26. ANOTHER BROTHER, JAMES ALBERT PURCHON, WAS LOST AT SEA, IN 1915, AGE 25. ANOTHER BROTHER, THOMAS PURCHON, ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, DIED OF WOUNDS IN 1922, AGED 30.


First name:
CYRIL
Military Number:
28539
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/06/1917
Place died:
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
3 GILBERT STREET, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK