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Corporal GEORGE PURVES

Service Number: 20959
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

II. E. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Purves, of Thornton, Berwick-on-Tweed. Native of Paxton, Berwickshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE GIVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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