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Private JOSEPH PURVIS

Service Number: 3191521
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 November 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JARROW CEMETERY

Sec. 17. Grave 52.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Catherine Jane Purvis, of Jarrow.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON JOSEPH KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION. EVER REMEMBERED. R.I.P.
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