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Gunner JOHN PURVES

Service Number: 1088097
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

27 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1947

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY

Compt. 231. Grave 10.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Ross Purves and Barbara Bowman Purves; husband of Ivy Purves, of Hull.
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Buried or commemorated at

HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 432
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