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Petty Officer Steward REUBEN STANLEY PURVES

Service Number: P/L 6143
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Daring

Date of Death

Died 18 February 1940

Age 45 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Panel 43, Column 2.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Reuben and Ellen Purves; husband of Edith Violet Purves, of Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa.
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