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Gunner WILLIAM ATKINSON PURVIS

Service Number: 953589
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

4 Survey Regt.

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

1. E. 30.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Charlotte Purvis, of Ryton, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
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