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Major HARRY De BURGH PURVES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 June 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

III. K. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. R. S. Bovill (formerly Purves), and the late George Purves; husband of Marjorie Purvis (formerly Purves), of Lower Polmaise, Stirling.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAWN BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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