Back to search results

Gunner HORACE C. PURTON

Service Number: 980280
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

32 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 03 November 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

15. D. 5.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Horace Crisby Purton and Gertrude Purton, of Camberwell, London.
  • Personal Inscription YOU ARE WHERE WE CANNOT SEE YOU. YOUR VOICE WE CANNOT HEAR, NEVER ABSENT, EVER NEAR
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.

Share and read stories
Download certificate

From the CWGC Archives

Grave Registration (2)

Grave Registration Documents - Graves Registration Reports (Finals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Grave Registration Documents - Registers
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Concentration (2)

Concentration Documents - Graves Concentration Reports
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Concentration Documents - Graves Concentration Reports
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Headstone (1)

Headstone Documents - Headstone Schedules (Originals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
View cemetery details