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Gunner WILLIAM ALLEN PURVIS

Service Number: 1841440
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

372 Bty., 119 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1944

Age 45 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY

Sec. 9. Grave 8141.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Allen Purvis and Mary Ann Carr Purvis, of South Shields; husband of Henrietta Purvis.
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