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Private ROBERT PURVES

Service Number: 43831
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

XII. I. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Purves, of 7, Station Rd., Loanhead, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription MY SPIRIT REJOICE IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3312
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