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Captain GEORGE BELL PURVIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd 56th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John Bowlt Purvis, and Charlotte Annie Purvis, of 6, Princess Terrace, Bridlington, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription PER VIAS RECTAS
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Buried or commemorated at

KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 805
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