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Signalman LESLIE PURVIS

Service Number: 2576011
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1941

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JARROW CEMETERY

Sec. 19. Grave 551.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Mary Jane Purvis, of Primrose, Jarrow.
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Buried or commemorated at

JARROW CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 102
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