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Lance Corporal FRANCIS PURVES

Service Number: 351175
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

1st/9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

P. XI. F. 2B.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Purves, of 9, Royal Park Terrace, Edinburgh; husband of Margaret Shaw Purves, of 47, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 8685
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