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Second Lieutenant JOHN MICHAEL SKIFFINGTON PURVES

Service Number: 134630
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1940

Buried or commemorated at

MORPETH (ST. MARY THE VIRGIN) CHURCHYARD

Row A.E. Grave 27.

United Kingdom

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Buried or commemorated at

MORPETH (ST. MARY THE VIRGIN) CHURCHYARD
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 116
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