A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
Links to
- CWGC Headstones -
- Belgium : Ypres area : Tyne Cot Cemetery CWGC : Stanley Purnell -

Location

In Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
 
Description

Standard CWGC Headstone.
Grave location : XXXI. D. 13.
Headstone


 
Inscription


764163 PRIVATE
S PURNELL
ARTIST'S RIFLES
26TH OCTOBER 1917 AGE 34

GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY
ALL TEARS
AND THERE SHALL BE
NO MORE DEATH

 
Further Information

Stanley Purnell

Son of Alfred George Purnell and Elizabeth Ada Purnell (née Miles), of Ryde, Isle of Wight.


Born : 1883, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

Married : 4 Sep 1911, Mary Isabel Braithwaite, at Brackley, Northants.

Census Information :

1891 : Alfred and Elizabeth Purnell, with their children including Stanley aged 7, are at Gordon Villa, Garfield-road, Ryde. Alfred Purnell is an Upholsterer's Manager.

1901 : not located - the family are at Gordon Villa, Garfield-road, Ryde

1911 : Alfred and Elizabeth Purnell, with their children including Stanley aged 27, are at 7 & 8 High-street, Ryde. Alfred Purnell is a House Furnisher; Stanley is 'working in the business'. Stanley's future wife, Mary Isabel Braithwaite, is also resident, as a Visitor.

CWGC record ...
 
Commemorated on the following Isle of Wight Memorial(s) :

Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 10
Ryde Borough War Memorial WW I
Ryde All Saints Church War Memorial
Ryde Holy Trinity Church War Memorial
Isle of Wight Football Association Roll of Honour
Additional inscription on parents' headstone at Ryde Cemetery.

Further biographical information
and RSHG entry for Stanley Purnell.

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