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Able Seaman COLIN GORRIE PURGAVIE

Service Number: D/JX 239584
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Quail

Date of Death

Died 15 November 1943

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY

XIV. A. 7.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Margaret Ellen Purgavie; husband of Ella Purgavie, of Preston, Yorkshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2251
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