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Name: Norman BRUCE
Casualty No.: Ranks: Sergeant Initials: N Service No.: 250169
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Age at Death: 21
Unit: B Company, 1st/5th Bn Essex Regiment.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Colchester, Essex.
Place of Residence: Colchester, Essex.
Home Address:
Previous Address: 45 Anderson Road, Erdington, Warwickshire.
Civilian Employment:
How Died: Died of wounds
Date of Death: Friday 2nd November 1917
Place of Death: Palestine.
Battle/Campaign: Campaign in Palestine, 1917.
Locally Commemorated: No
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: -
Buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 0
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary:
Family Details:
Son of Wilhelmein Mary Bruce, and the late William Wallace Bruce. One brother, William V. Sisters: Minnie and Vera.
Notes : Norman's father was an Insurance Clerk.
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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