The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C P Purcell

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Private Charles Percy PURCELL, L/9063, 2nd  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 24th July 1915, age 24.

Born Mottingham, Kent, son of Henry and Elizabeth Emma Purcell.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - Military, India - Charles Percy Purcell, Private, age 21, single, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Soldier, born Eltham, Kent.

1911 Census - 2 Dorset Road, Mottingham, Kent - Henry Purcell, head, age 49, married, labourer general, builder, worker, born London; Elizabeth Purcell, wife, age 47, married 29 years, 13 children, 11 still alive, born Grays, Kent; George Purcell, son, age 23, single, bakers van man, worker, born Mottingham, Kent; Harold Purcell, son, age 17, single, butchers assistant, worker, born Mottingham, Kent; Albert Purcell, son, age 14, shop boy, chemist, worker, born  Mottingham, Kent; Frederick Purcell, son, age 12, school, born Mottingham, Kent; Lulislai (Louise) Purcell, daughter, age 10, born Mottingham, Kent; Edith Purcell, daughter, age 8, born Mottingham, Kent; Arthur Purcell, son, age 6, born Mottingham, Kent; Florance Purcell, daughter, age 1, born Mottingham, Kent.

6th February 1915, posted Asiatic Theatre of War.

Buried at Basra War Cemetery, II. R. 8., Iraq. Commemorated on Mottingham War Memorial.