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Fusilier SAMUEL JOHN PURVIS

Service Number: 6979112
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY

Coll. grave 6. 5. 11.

Malta

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Purvis, and of Jane Purvis (nee McMaster), of Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription "THY WILL BE DONE"
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