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Private GEORGE PURVES

Service Number: 59561
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY

II. F. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Purves, of Ettrick Terrace, Hawick; husband of Ethel Turnbull Purves, of 3, Wellington Rd., Hawick.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1584
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