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Pilot ANDREW PURVIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities

Tyne Pilotage Authority, S.S. Empire Cougar (London) Tyne

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1943

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY

Sec. O. Grave 11663.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Florence Purvis, of South Shields.
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Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 444
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