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Ordinary Seaman HENRY PURVIS

Service Number: N/3585
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Navy

H.M.C.S. Saguenay

Date of Death

Died 01 December 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARROW-IN-FURNESS (THORNCLIFFE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM

Sec. 5. Nonconformist. Grave 2127.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Ellen Louisa Purvis, of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription BRAVELY HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL. HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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