Serjeant 7270 John William PURCHES

1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment formerly 8657, 6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment

Died of Wounds, Thursday 22nd October 1914, No.13 General Hospital, Boulogne, France, Age 29

Home address:

42 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Born:

1885, Newton, Cheshire

Parents:

Anna Purches
42 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital Status:

Married to May Purches (née Mosley)
14 Adelaide Street, Blackpool, Lancashire

Occupation:

Piecer

Enlisted:

Hyde, Cheshire

Remembered:

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, plot III, row A, grave 1.

Link to Hyde:

Lived in Hyde

Casualty Form:
Died at 10:30pm at No.13 General Hospital, Boulogne, from wounds received in action.