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Private THOMAS PURVIS OLD

Service Number: 1869
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

"B" Coy. 1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. B. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Jane Ann Old, of 44, Trimdon St., Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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