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Private WILLIAM ROBERT PURVIS

Service Number: 5783457
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

2/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

II. B. 23.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Bertram Purvis, and stepson of Gertrude Purvis, of Orrell, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE. SO DEARLY LOVED SO DEEPLY MOURNED. OUR HERO
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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