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Private JOHN PURVES

Service Number: 310011
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVIII. G. 12.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Purves; husband of Annie Purves, of Wadingburn, Lasswade, Edinburgh. Born Coldingham, Berwickshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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