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Petty Officer JAMES PURVES

Service Number: Clyde Z/1659
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Drake Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VI. B. 21.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Margaret Ford Purves, of Garage House, Ayton, Berwickshire.
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MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 667
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