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Private S PURVIS

Service Number: 10709
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

I. A. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Blandford (formerly Purvis), of 299, Beaconsfield St., Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the late Hunter M. Purvis.
  • Personal Inscription OH SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2771
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