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Captain JOHN PURVIS WILLIAMS

Service Number: LC/6534
Regiment & Unit/Ship

10th Gurkha Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 September 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

XI, D, 7.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of the Revd. Gomer Oscar Williams, M.A., and Jennie Williams, of Wilton Vicarage, Redcar, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU"
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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