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Captain G G De B PURVES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

2nd Bn. attd. 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1915

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

VIII. A. 4.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Constance De B. Bovill, of Villa Resaurie, Avenue Edouard VII, Biarritz, France, and the late George H. Purves.
  • Personal Inscription IN DEATH WE ARE NOT DIVIDED
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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