Description
1914 Star, Private Purcell, 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
Medal correctly impressed ‘1068 Pte. G.R. Purcell 2/S. Lan. R’
Some service papers have survived for Purcell and are digitised online.
George Rowland Purcell, a joiner born Liverpool. Enlisted 1910
Purcell is recorded missing 24/10/14- later declared a Prisoner of War.