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Lance Bombardier PETER LILLIE PURVES

Service Number: 838717
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

1 Regt.

Date of Death

Died 09 February 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

3. B. 5.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Alice M. Purves, of Bethnal Green, London.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH I BE GONE WORLD, HAVE YOU GAINED? TEARS SHED YE NOT, WE'LL MEET. 'TIS ORDAINED
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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