Identity
Person No.
20811
Service No.
1198
Last Name
First Name
Ralph
Initials
R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5
Notes
Son of Annie Jane Purcell, of 5, Donne St., Observatory, Cape Province, and the late Isaac Purcell.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Lance Corporal Ralph PURCELL, 4th SAI, A Coy - Killed in action in front Butte de Warlencourt 22nd October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Lance Corporal Ralph PURCELL, 4th SAI, A Coy - Killed in action in front Butte de Warlencourt 22nd October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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