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Major GEORGE PURVES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

43rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1916

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. G. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of James and Sarah Purves, of Edinburgh; husband of Kathleen Purves, of National Bank House, Leith, Scotland.
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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