Recommendation for Award for Purse, Cecil George Rank: Serjeant Service No: ... | The National Archives Reference: WO 373/73/1085 Name Purse, Cecil George Rank: Serjeant Service No: 2073588 Regiment: Head Quarters 22 Army Group Royal Engineers Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy Award: British Empire Medal Date of announcement in London Gazette: 20 September 1945 Browse records of other archives | The National Archives See also: 39165 Col Leslie Edgar Alfred GWYNNE, RE - Italy: bridges location help from aerial photos