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Captain BRIAN PERCIVAL PURVES

Service Number: 124152
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 March 1945

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAPLES WAR CEMETERY

IV. F. 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Percival Thomas Purves and Ruby Purves; husband of Francis Mary Purves, of Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

NAPLES WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1230
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