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Lieutenant WILLIAM PURVIS DUNCAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M. Rescue Tug Barwick

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

4. L. 2.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Purvis Duncan and Mary Watt Duncan, of South Shields, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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