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Sergeant THOMAS DOWENS PURVES

Service Number: 1591963
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

299 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WALLSEND (HOLY CROSS) CEMETERY

Sec. 20. Cons. Grave 29.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Clarissa D. Purves; husband of Mary Purves, of Wallsend.
  • Personal Inscription LONGED FOR ALWAYS, NO MORNING DAWNS, NO NIGHT RETURNS BUT WE THINK OF HIM
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