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Private GEORGE STRATTON PURVES

Service Number: 3192859
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

7th (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ENSCHEDE EASTERN GENERAL CEMETERY

Grave 193.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Lily Purves; husband of Catherine Purves, of Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
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